A wonderful set of reviews: @ajbwells.bsky.social on poems from Palestine's greatest living poet; @return2sanders.bsky.social on unsettling short prose from the Yenish writer; and @biettetimmons.bsky.social on the book we're all supposed to be reading.
(Plus our gossip columnist goes lyrical.)
For the latest AUFLAUF I read a new-and-old collection by Ghassan Zaqtan (trans. Robin Moger), one of Palestine's great poets >>
theauflauf.substack.com/p/april-book...
Was sagt die Hufeisentheorie dazu, dass die eine Partei eine App für „Ausländerkriminalität“ hat und die andere eine, wo man sehen kann, ob man zu viel Miete zahlt?
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
We've just unlocked our Trans Cinema issue from 2023, guest edited by poet Spencer Williams. It is now (and forever!) entirely free.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors, translators and presses.
Especially delighted to see @dances-with-voles.bsky.social on there – congratulations Ruth!
Here it is, My First Fiction Publication. Big 🩷 to the Auflauf gang. You should subscribe!
I wrote about the poetry and prose of Antigone Kefala, one of the Great Australian Writers of all time >>
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/alien...
Israels Kriegsführung im Libanon ist völkerrechtswidrig – und knüpft an die in Gaza an. Durch Waffenlieferungen macht sich Deutschland mitschuldig.
I wrote about the poetry and prose of Antigone Kefala, one of the Great Australian Writers of all time >>
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/alien...
"I like comics because it’s kind of a bastard medium, and I think graphic narrative theater is too. It’s the vision."
Ken Krimstein talked to @return2sanders.bsky.social about writing novel about Hannah Arendt – and then seeing it become a play at the Deutsches Theater.
word!! at this event we talked about Katy Derbyshire's translation of the last couple decades of One Day A Year, which is really special (and less super-densely-writer-ly than some of the other)
Aye it's tough - but worth it I reckon!! I've enjoyed returning to Christa T and One Day A Year
Another great set of books this month: Matthew McDonald's debut poetry collection @ajbwells.bsky.social; Julia Franck's autobiographical novel @return2sanders.bsky.social; and Agri Ismaïl's account of dislocation and late capitalism @brynstole.bsky.social. Plus some EXPLOSIVE new gossip...
know, I know, times are tough and money is short but as we find ourselves increasingly in a world where stories are censored and the corporates buy up shelf space with their discounts.
If you are able please do support Independent publishers.
@northernfiction.bsky.social
Das ist der Nährboden, auf dem das Netzwerk von Jeffrey Epstein gedeihen konnten: Die kalauernde Normalisierung der Sexualisierung von Kinderm.
Wer so redet, sollte 2026 kein Ministerpräsident werden.
imo it doesn't get much better than:
Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend
Nell Zink, The Wallcreeper:
“I was looking at the map when Stephen swerved, hit the rock, and occasioned the miscarriage.”
(Didn’t even have to look it up. It lives in my head.)
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Not often you seen "Oi!" in European cultural discourse: it can only be @ajbwells.bsky.social, here with his "extra scoop of Auflauf": namely on great book openings... theauflauf.substack.com/p/oi-quick-q...
oh, Hoffnung genug, unendlich viel Hoffnung, nur nicht für uns
BRILLIANT short story 👀
thanks for taking part mate!!
Marcel Krüger reads a text on stage
Julia Bosson introduced the evening and lineup
Julia Bosson, Paul Scraton, Katy Derbyshire and Alex Wells on stage
A group picture of all participants of the evening
A fantastic evening yesterday, (critically) celebrating Christa Wolf at Lettrétage with @juliabosson.bsky.social @paulscraton.bsky.social @ajbwells.bsky.social @katyderbyshire.bsky.social Sanders Bernstein, Agnieszka Gasparska, Sylvia Krupicka & Roxie Perkins.
This is me, @katyderbyshire.bsky.social and @ajbwells.bsky.social about to start our chat about the life and work of Christa Wolf. Luckily we only found out Wolf’s daughter was in the audience after we’d finished!
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Come along to our Christa Wolf event in Berlin tomorrow to hear @katyderbyshire.bsky.social read from her translations—and more—while we explore Wolf's post-Wall legacy in discussion & texts submitted from all across town >> psst also it's free >>
www.lettretage.de/Termine/chri...
In the Auflauf's first monthly author interview, @mathildegm.bsky.social dials up @tobiasvryan.bsky.social in his Parisian garret to talk about unrelatable fiction, @minorliteratures.bsky.social, and the Unreal (European) City of his soul .......
theauflauf.substack.com/p/tobias-rya...
