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Simon(e) van Saarloos

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in Summit, NJ, The United States

July 25, 1990

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http://www.simonevansaarloos.nl

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Simon(e) van Saarloos is a writer, artist and curator based between Berkeley, California and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They are the author of six books and have contributed to over more than thirty edited volumes, books, and journals.

Van Saarloos is the author of Against Ageism. A Queer Manifesto (Emily Carr University Press, 2023); Take ‘Em Down. Scattered Monuments and Queer Forgetting (Publication Studio 2021) and Playing Monogamy (Publication Studio 2019) as well as several books in Dutch: Herdenken herdacht (Prometheus 2019); Enz. Het Wildersproces (Atlas Contact 2018); the novel De vrouw die (Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2016); the collection of columns Ik deug / deug niet (Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2015) and Het monogame drama (De Bezige Bij 2015). Simon(e) van Saarloos is a writer, artist and curator based between Berkeley, California and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They are the author of six books and have contributed to over more than thirty edited volumes, books, and journals.

Van Saarloos is the author of Against Ageism. A Queer Manifesto (Emily Carr University Press, 2023); Take ‘Em Down. Scattered Monuments and Queer Forgetting (Publication Studio 2021) and Playing Monogamy (Publication Studio 2019) as well as several books in Dutch: Herdenken herdacht (Prometheus 2019); Enz. Het Wildersproces (Atlas Contact 2018); the novel De vrouw die (Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2016); the collection of columns Ik deug / deug niet (Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2015) and Het monogame drama (De Bezige Bij 2015).

Van Saarloos also writes fiction. Recent productions include the short sci-fi story Dreamdead Surrender (Postmodern Culture Journal) and De Foetushemel, a theater play about abortion and violent resistance for Ulrike Quade Company.

Van Saarloos works as an independent curator of public programming and artistic collaborations. Recent projects include the museum installation Cruising Gezi Park (Amsterdam Museum); The Asterisk Conversations podcast (Writers Unlimited); the short film “Apologies For Breaking In” at the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 2021; curatorial project the spread of a mo(nu)ment (TAAK); International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s 2022 and 2023 queer programming Not Yet Yes and Contagious & Queer; the 2023 lecture and performance series Juicy Refuge at Rietveld Academy’s Studium Generale; The Non-Monogamy Letters with Indigenous STS scholar Kim TallBear at ArtsEverywhere.ca; a conversation on commemoration with Pamela Sneed and Claudia Rankine at UC Berkeley; the ABUNDANCE exhibition at Het HEM and the multi-year transnational queer community, nightlife and art project Through the Window.

They have participated in artist residencies such as the KAVLI Institute for Nanosciences, Deltaworkers New Orleans and Be Mobile Create Together at IKSV in Istanbul.

Van Saarloos taught theory and hosted writing workshops at AKV|St. Joost; the University of the Underground; KABK Den Haag; Theatre School Amsterdam; ArtEZ; University of Amsterdam; Utrecht University College; Erasmus School of Philosophy; ETH Zurich and as a PhD in Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. ...more

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	Een kamer voor jezelf by Virginia Woolf, Gloria Wekker, Simon(e) van Saarloos 4.22 avg rating — 257,412 ratings — published 1929 — 1389 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto 3.81 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herdenken Herdacht 4.07 avg rating — 58 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De plaats die je paradijs noemt by Clarice Gargard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pelumi Adejumo, Haroon Ali 3.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NYX. Berichten uit de nacht by Nikki Dekker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sofie Tseng (Contributor), Esra Seval Dede (Contributor) 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De verovering van Jupiter. Over de dekolonisatie van de geest by Toef Jaeger (Editor), Rodaan Al Galidi, Ghayath Almadhoun (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take ‘Em Down: Scattered Monuments and Queer Forgetting 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enz. 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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