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All she rote: The case for memorising literature
Bringing out quotes from Cicero or Elizabeth Hardwick has snobby whiff about it, but is there something […]
Review
Exophony: Yoko Tawada bridges the gap
Yoko Tawada sits between verbal and cultural borders in 'Exophony', her newly translated essay collection.
Book review
The Beauty of the Metropolis: August Endell in praise of the unpretty city
August Endell’s The Beauty of the Metropolis, newly translated by James J. Conway, finds unexpected wonder in […]
Book Review
Living in limbo: Antigone Kefala’s The Island
Antigone Kefala’s The Island follows a young refugee navigating memory, exile, family, and identity.
Interview
Country Grammar: Cornelia Jentzsch on her Brandenburg pub reading series
Acclaimed literary critic Cornelia Jentzsch runs a reading series in Gasthof Deutsche Eiche, a Brandenburg pub that’s […]
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A History of the World in Six Plagues: How disease shaped the modern world
Berlin-based writer Edna Bonhomme on her book blending history, science, and criticism to show how diseases from […]
