In the third episode of the podcast KunstZINnig, journalist Jasmijn Huisman talks to Amsterdam city poet Gershwin Bonevacia about how poetry gives meaning to his life: 'There is always a fire inside me that I cannot deny. I didn't make the choice to write, I just can't do anything else.'
Gershwin Bonevacia has been Amsterdam's city poet since 2019. He works with organisations such as the van Gogh Museum and the Amsterdam Public Library. He recently published his second collection of poetry, 'When I was small, I wasn't afraid'. In this collection, he searches for his younger self and enters into a dialogue with the young Gershwin, or 'Gush'. In this collection, he describes his childhood, in which he faced dyslexia and racism, among other things.
In writing and poetry, Gershwin finds a deep need: 'If I don't write, I find it harder to process events. Only the moment I write it down can I analyse it and then finally let go.'
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