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sander pleij

@sanderpleij.bsky.social

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co-founding editor www.europeanreviewofbooks.com

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My dream was abundant: a magazine brimming with beauty, clear-eyed, quietly furious yet full of tenderness for the world. Unruly tenderness. Issue TWELVE is out and that's co-founding editor Wiegertje Postma, holding it. Time to roar louder. 👇

Co-founder Wiegertje Postma holding up a new issue

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The 2026 Munich Security Report states: “the US-led post-1945 international order is now under destruction” What can one do? Here’s Queen Maxima, who enrolled as a reservist in the Dutch Army because, says the Ministry of Defence: "The safety of The Netherlands can no longer be taken for granted”

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

10.000 — help! we have success ✨ Our newsletter just passed 10,000 readers (now 10,600!) — from Europe, Canada, India… hello India! 🇮🇳 So happy. We focused on quality writing + design, then got new team members, and now we’re growing fast — I may need to come back soon with a second crowdfunding…

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Beloved Blueskyans, I need a little help —there's a reward. The ERB is growing: major universities across Europe and the US are subscribing. But we need more. Please forward, repost or email the text in the reply to who can subscribe. If you help, I hereby grant you the title of INTELLECTUAL.

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

What’s Europe Reading? 📚 Explore top reading tips from Julius E.O. Fintelmann, Editor-in-chief of The European Correspondent, and Boost your bookshelves! with @timothysnyder.bsky.social @emcke.bsky.social a.o.

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

*WARNING* ChatGPT and Meta AI-assistants included my Dutch novel in their data sets. In ‘Explicador’ a scientist explains why AI cannot think like humans + he reveals the essence of humanity. Is this bad? Have I messed up the world? Or maybe now AI can reason why it can never be human..

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Last corrections… and tonight issue 8 (eight!!!) goes to print

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Did you know we have a newsletter that serves you free ERB articles, and announcements from our network of writers from Europe and beyond? europeanreviewofbooks.com/newsletter/

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Let’s enjoy the moon.. Here’s a story for you, from Alba de Céspedes. Pushkin Press brings her There’s No Turning Back, Nessuno torna indietro, banned in 1938 by the Fascist authorities, a tale of 8 young women, in a college run by nuns. Read our extract: europeanreviewofbooks.com/lets-enjoy-t...

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sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

H.G. Wells predicted the presence of a United States of Europe in 2025. In December 1924, he told a group of Chinese students that by 2025, « three great masses of people » would form the pillars of the world: « a United States of Europe, a great America, and a great China. »

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