8:30 on Saturday at Lettrétrage (Veteranenstrasse 21): we‘re chatting about the very alive literary legacy of Sebald. There’ll be some convo, some readings, some CRISIS perhaps—but all in all it should be a GOOD TIME!
City Chicken vs City Chicken: Berlin's brutal and bloody rotisserie feud that's spawned lawsuits, criminal investigations and landed one chicken tycoon in prison for torture... www.heistberlin.com/news/nhas-ci...
I had the absolute pleasure to speak with Maggie O'Farrell about her excellent new novel, LAND, and how it inadvertently addresses "one of today's most potent political stances: Where do you stand on people arriving in your country or people leaving your country?"
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Aesthetics was definitely prioritized over clarity in these Turkish infographics from the 1920s, but it's okay because they're the best you've ever seen. My latest for @publicdomainrev.bsky.social:
Looking for new perspectives on German history? This month's reviews: @ajbwells.bsky.social on rock in the GDR, me on Alice Miller's search for her family's story, and John Owen on interwar Weimar (the city, not the republic).
Meine Recherche zum ELNET, der größten Israel-Lobby-Organisation in Europa, zuerst in @thediasporist.bsky.social erschienen, ist jetzt bei @monde-diplomatique.fr auf Französisch zu lesen!
Some pictures from our latest Immer Schon event at Lettretage… this time we were talking about Sebald and I read from A DREAM OF WHITE HORSES (@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social)… it was a fun evening!
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In this month's AUFLAUF:
- The most depressing street in all Berlin
- Rock, funk, and Yes
- Northanger Abbey references
- Good poetry
- Long-awaited John Owen debut
- What are history books for?
- Gossip columnist seeks hotspot
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14 lawsuits and one man in jail for torture: the story behind Sonnenallee's rival rotisserie chicken shops is crazier than you could have imagined.
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The Hamnet author on how cartography, travel, and place inform her latest work.
Berlin weekender — 16th & 17th October
ft. @wordkunst.bsky.social Lauren Oyler @elusiveword.bsky.social Ryan Ruby @davidhering.bsky.social @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social @lucykulwiec.bsky.social Jared Pollen @minxmarple.bsky.social @gabrielflynn.bsky.social Martin Lechner, Donna Stonecipher ...
shout out (as ever) to @yanina.bsky.social for the posters, and a huge, huge thank you to our friends @ajbwells.bsky.social and @mathildegm.bsky.social @ The Auflauf, without whom this wouldn't be happening
Berlin weekender — 16th & 17th October
ft. @wordkunst.bsky.social Lauren Oyler @elusiveword.bsky.social Ryan Ruby @davidhering.bsky.social @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social @lucykulwiec.bsky.social Jared Pollen @minxmarple.bsky.social @gabrielflynn.bsky.social Martin Lechner, Donna Stonecipher ...
