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In her book Turning: A Swimming Memoir, Jessica J. Lee relates how swimming in the lakes of Berlin and Brandenburg not only helped her feel at home in this region, but also helped her work through a painful love story and childhood fears.
more...Kübra Gümüşay looks for ways to make our society more just and explains convincingly that language plays a central role in doing this.
more...This essay is the first in a four-part series on Afropolitanism and literature. Taiye Selasi was one of the first people to introduce the term Afropolitanism and uses it to describe her identity.
more...Olivia Wenzel’s strange and powerfully poetic debut tackles many pressing topics ranging from race to relationships with family members and coming to terms with one’s past and present.
more...German Book Prize-winning author Inger-Maria Mahlke’s Archipel is a multi-generational epic set on Tenerife.
more...A relaxing mother-daughter holiday in Bavaria suddenly turns into an exciting investigation of criminal activity and a humorous critical commentary on so-called German values.
more...On August 5, 2019, Toni Morrison passed away. She is one of the most distinguished and inspiring African American authors.
more...Alle, außer mir ist eine Vater-Tochter Geschichte. Eine Geschichte über familiäre Verwicklungen mit dem italienischen Kolonialismus und Faschismus. Eine Geschichte von nationalem Vergessen.
more...Freundschaft, Familie und Gemeinschaft unterliegen vielen Zwängen, Bennett kritisiert in den Beziehungsgeflechten ihres Buches besonders die Maßregelung weiblicher Körper und Rollen.
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