body first Kevin van Vliet Did I not—but oh

Did I not—but oh

Een storm snijdt bewoners en bezoekers van de Njord-kaap af van het vaste land

She stooped once more to pick up something which had fallen out when the cover was jarred open

zijn hoofd in de kattenbak zit

body first Kevin van Vliet Did I not—but ohBody First is not a book you read from beginning to end. It is a book you open when your body needs somewhere to land. Compiled from four years of handwritten journal entries, written across four languages and gathered here in English, with traces of Dutch. This is a collection of somatic prose from a neurodivergent Brown journaler navigating grief, desire, rest, chaos, and the slow return to self. Each passage lives on its own. There are fourteen