Tag: poetry
What if poetry was experiencing a big hype online?
“A worrying dropout.” These are the conclusions of a new study from the National Book Center (CNL), produced by Ipsos and published this Tuesday. For the young people aged between…
Campino at the University of Düsseldorf: Professor Punk
The “Tote Hosen” singer Campino gives a musical lecture at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. Its Time. source site
Poetry for children: The Jewish Michel
A small publisher has rediscovered the wonderful German-Yiddish poem cycle “Tollpatsch Lemmel” by Leyb Kvitko. What luck. source site
Obituary for Kiev Stingl: rampage against himself – culture
Kiev Stingl, the most broken German singer, screamer, musician and unrecognized poet, died late at the age of 80. It doesn’t work without at least an eighth of megalomania, “only…
Taylor Swift’s new album, in deep black ink – culture
If Taylor Swift wasn’t already the undisputed biggest pop star on the planet, one would say: what a PR coup. On Sunday evening she accepted her Grammy for the best…
Poetry Slam: a foray through the Munich scene – Munich
Barbies everywhere. The plastic dolls await you at the reception, hanging in front of the lyrical book collection and at the microphone on the stage. Every month for 15 years…
Rachida Dati deplores the “sectarianism” of Sylvain Tesson’s opponents
Sylvain Tesson can count on the support of Rachida Dati. The Minister of Culture deplored on Saturday the “sectarianism” which sees supporters and opponents of the writer opposing each other…
“The question is not Sylvain Tesson, it’s who named him godfather?” – Liberation
Controversy Article reserved for subscribers The outcry sparked by the publication of a column in “Libération” refusing that the writer sponsor the 2024 edition sheds light on the functioning of…
Obituary for Elke Erb: The language expert – culture
As soon as the hero in Lutz Seiler’s novel “Stern 111” arrives from the Thuringian province in Berlin in the early 1990s, he begins to explore the “streets of good…
The ninth edition of the Cologne “Poetica” focuses on nature – culture
The chirping of birds and crickets open the evening in the auditorium of the University of Cologne. A comparatively idyllic start to the ninth “Poetica”, Because although the poetry festival…