This Thursday at 17.00 at the Mensa Garten, The Freiburg Review is going to present the inspirations, creation, and production process behind the Winter 2010 edition. For those who missed the launch party in February, this is a great chance to hear readings from the Winter 2010 edition, as well as meet the team behind the magazine. Or at least come for the delicious cake and coffee!
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Calling all fans of J.D. Salinger, and those who love a good coming of age story: This Wednesday, the Carl Schurz Haus, in collaboration with the English Department of the University of Freiburg, is hosting Joanna Rakoff in a bilingual event in artjamming. Joanna Rakoff’s novel A Fortunate Age won the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers and the Elle Readers’ Prize. She has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Vogue.
Her latest novel, My Salinger Year, is a part-memoir of her experience as a graduate school dropout and aspiring writer, who moves to New York City in the 90s. One of hoards of creative young women struggling to find their own way, she lands a job as assistant to the notorious, venerable literary agent of J.D. Salinger. Her task is to read his fan letters, and then throw them away. Having never read Salinger, she seeks to understand the voices behind the mail. One weekend, while her Marxist boyfriend is away at his best friend’s wedding, she immerses herself in Salinger’s complete works. My Salinger Year is a testament to the power of the written word as a catalyst for self realization and life change. You can read a great review by Laura Miller at the Guardian. For more details and more information about bilingual literary events, visit the events page of The Carl Schurz Haus. Admission: € 7/5 CSH members / free for students. Combined ticket for 3.18. & 27.03 .: € 12/8 CSH members presale in CSH library. Reservations possible until 17.03. through [email protected]. |
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