The Literary Afternoon in Mensagarten has been rescheduled to this Thursday, June 11th at 3pm! Come one, come all to hear your favorite local writers read their short stories, poems, essays, etc. Also the editors of The Freiburg Review will give a short presentation about how it all began. And of course delicious cake and coffee!
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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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Theater Freiburg is hosting an installation and reading of the final project of author and illustrator, Wolfgang Herrndorf. Best known for his novel "Why We Took the Car" (Tschick), "Work and Structure" is his final project which was produced between 2010. when he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, until 2013, when he took his own life.
Each performances is followed by an audience discussion: FR. 8, SO. 10, MI 13, DO 14 & FR. 05/15/15 7pm, Stadttheater Freiburg: Werkraum More information is on Stadttheater Freiburg website.
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There is a new writers' group in Freiburg!
Hosted by the Carl Schurz Haus, it is held in English but open to native and non-native speakers. It offers an opportunity to share ideas, gain inspiration, and engage in constructive feedback. Visiting authors doing readings with the Carl Schurz Haus will also appear to offer advice and support. For the first event, bring an excerpt of your writing or something you find particularly inspiring or irritating (one page maximum) for reading and discussion. The Freiburg Writers’ Group meets on April 14th, May 5th, and May 19th at 6.45 p.m. Join our closed group on Facebook: http://bit.ly/FreiburgWritersGroup. Email for more information and to RSVP to the event: [email protected]. "I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."
Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, lyricist and essayist. Born in Chattenooga, Tennessee, he grew up in Buffalo, New York. His first novel, The Free-Lance Pallbearers, was published in 1967. Since then he has gone on to produce seven novels, four books of poetry, two collections of essays and a variety of reviews and critical articles. Champion of marginalized voices, he has edited two major anthologies including From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry across the Americas, 1900-2000. Reed is also the co-founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, an organization dedicated to talented Native American, African-American, Hispanic and white authors who are ignored by the literary mainstream. Reed's style is characterized by vivid images and improvisation, and he uses parody and satire to highlight political and cultural oppression and hypocrisy. Reed and his wife of 40 years, Carla Blank, acclaimed author, choreographer, and director, live in Oakland, California. Reed retired in 2005 from a thirty-five year teaching career at University of California, Berkeley. You can read more about him on his website: http://ishmaelreed.org/drupal/. Find out more about the event at the Carl Schurz Haus website, here. Date: 24 of March, 2015 Time: 19.00 Location: Peterhoffkeller of the University of Freiburg, Niemmensstraße 10 Free Entry 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]. The Badische Zeitung sat down with The Review's Editor in Chief Mat Wilkinson and Managing Editor Sophie Mathieu, to discuss the birth of the magazine, as well as its future. Visit the Badische Zeitung's website to read the interview, or find a local newsstand to buy your very own copy.
Your first submissions are beginning to flow in, and we are very excited to see that we are making some resonance here online! Thank you very much for trusting us with your art!
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After the successful launch of our first issue, we are happy to announce that we are now accepting, and asking for, new submissions for the next issue. This is what we're looking for:
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