Translation Workshop: macht.sprache. Sprint
We warmly invite you to join us for a workshop on possible ways of dealing with politically sensitive language in translation. Join us at the Literarisches Clloquium Berlin on September 3.
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May Ayim. Radikale Dichterin, Sanfte Rebellin
May Ayim. Radical Poet, Gentle Rebel (not yet translated into English) was released on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of May Ayim’s death in August 2021. The book is edited by her three friends and companions Ika Hügel-Marshall, Nivedita Prasad and Dagmar Schultz.
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A visit to the Humboldt Forum – reflections on the how of the exhibition practices
The Humboldt Forum in Berlin has been a controversial point of discussion for what seems like forever. The debate about this addition to the urban and cultural landscape of Berlin has revolved around a number of issues, including the history of the site, the cost of the project, and not least the objects to be exhibited there. It is this last point that is of particular interest to us at poco.lit., since the Forum is set to be the new home for Berlin’s ‘non-European’ collections.
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„Literarische Diverse“ is a small step towards utopia: An interview with Yasemin Altınay
In 2019, Yasemin Altınay founded the Literarische Diverse publishing house. In this interview with poco.lit., she offers insights into her work, talks about her motivation and the challenges of the literary industry.
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Why We Matter: The End of Oppression
Her book Why We Matter: The End of Oppression brings together Emilia Roig’s far-ranging body of knowledge. Moving at a rapid pace, the book takes a look at the multiple facets of oppression in nearly all areas of life. Why We Matter can thus be read as a wonderfully accessible introduction to the concept of intersectionality.
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Ode to the Dandelion
An original essay for our Green Library series on writing nature and the environment.
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What Rights does Nature have? with Sumana Roy
This year’s international literature festival Berlin has placed particular emphasis on alternative and sustainable economic forms. Poco.lit. visited an event presenting Sumana Roy’s contribution.
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the things I am thinking while smiling politely
The novella treads a complex and delicate line in its negotiation of personal wrongs and structural injustices as they collide and intersect.
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Gegen Morgen
At first glance, Deniz Utlu’s novel Gegen Morgen (Against Tomorrow) could be read as the story of a man in his mid-thirties going through a midlife crisis. Only at second glance does it become clear that it is about the fundamental questioning of value systems.
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