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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 4h

Just in time for today’s opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair, with the Philippines as guest of honour, we are publishing a short story by Filipino diaspora author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard...
#booksky #philippines #shortstory #frankfurterbuchmesse
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The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair | literatur.review

A short story from the Philippine diaspora

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 1d

Podcast: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr talks with Angeli E. Dumatol — doctor, author, and member of the #RomanceClass community....
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#booksky #philippines #philippineliterature

The hope of happiness is always there | literatur.review

Love, responsibility and hope - A podcast with Angeli E. Dumatol

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 1d

LR Podcast Special | Philippines @ Frankfurt Book Fair 2025
In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr sits down with Katrina F. Olan — Filipino author, comic artist, and copywriter...
#booksky
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We decide the future | literatur.review

Science fiction from Manila - A podcast with Katrina F. Olan

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 2d

Podcast Special: In celebration of the Philippines’ Guest of Honour appearance at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, Axel Timo Purr meets Bebang Siy — Filipino author and cultural manager and author of the groundbreaking book "It’s a Men’s World..."
#booksky #philippines
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I am a very happy girl | literatur.review

Writing to bring about change – A podcast with Bebang Siy

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 3d

On the occasion of the #Philippines guest appearance at #FBM25, Axel Timo Purr travels through a country between myth, megacity and literature. About language, self-determination and the power of storytelling...
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#FrankfurtBookFair #PhilippineLiterature #booksky

Literary travel in the Philippines | literatur.review

From Manila to Naga City and Santa Monica – Philippine literature is as complex and fragmented as the country and its languages. And as is so often the case, literature and its authors know more about...

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 8d

The first part of our special feature on the Frankfurter Buchmesse, which starts on 15 October and will feature the Philippines as guest of honour, is a video of a panel discussion with three female writers from the Bikol region...
#booksky #philippines #bikol
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Past, present and future | literatur.review

LR Videocast #1: Savage Mind: Arts, Books, Cinema | Naga City | Bikol | Philippines

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 11d

Our poetess of the month is Aya Gamal Mohey Eldeen from Egypt, who has sent us a wonderful, lucid poem entitled 'The blood of the gazelle'...
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
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#booksky #egypt #arabicliterature #poem #poetry

The blood of the gazelle | literatur.review

A poem from Egypt

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 14d

Our short story of the month comes from Texaco La Tsiémé in Brazzaville. It is a tender yet cruel coming-of-age story by Ollier Lemvo Dondedieu Richtel, who currently resides in Geneva...
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#booksky #congo #africanliterature #africanbooks #brazzaville #shortstory

Aria for the end of the world | literatur.review

A short story from Texaco La Tsiémé, Brazzaville

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 18d

Caroline Hau's emotionally charged and intelligent novel 'Tiempo Muerto' has finally been translated into German. Hau complexly recounts the tragedy of reproduced colonial conditions and symbiotic hierarchies, not only in Philippine society...
#philippines
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Dead time, dead land | literatur.review

In her emotionally dense and intelligent novel, Caroline Hau tells of the recurring colonial relationships and symbiotic hierarchies that occur in Philippine society and beyond

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 22d

We are delighted to publish the winner of the Michel Kilo Prize for Political Essays: Omar Alhadi’s magnificent text on the sobering effect of social media in Syria and the increasing loss of identity of an entire society...
#booksky #syria #arabicliterature
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Fear of the Camera | literatur.review

Three Syrian faces for one body

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 25d

Following the Arabic original and the English translation, the German translation of Deena Mohamed's graphic novel masterpiece, Shubeik Lubeik, has now been released. In his glowing review, Winfried Weiser explains why this comic is such an enjoyable read...
#booksky
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The economy of desire and the curse of its fulfillment | literatur.review

From the heart of Cairo, Deena Mohamed's graphic novel explores our longing for wish fulfilment

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · 28d

In a beautiful and poetic essay, physicist and filmmaker Peter Baranowski rereads Thomas S. Kuhn's masterpiece, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", and reflects on Kuhn's relevance today, cinema, and the AI age of revolutions...
#booksky #philosophy
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Through paradigms, brightly | literatur.review

Thomas Kuhn, Cinema, and the AI Age of Revolutions

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Sep 11

Richard Reid, a professor of African History, fills an important gap. In his book "The African Revolution" he describes how Africa was already changing before European takeover...
#booksky #africa #africanhistory #history#colonialism
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The Scramble for Africa - But what happened in the previous century? | literatur.review

Richard Reid, a professor of African History, describes in his book "The African Revolution" how Africa was already changing before European takeover.

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sari Hanafi, professor at the American University of Beirut writes about Didier Fassin’s ‚Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza‘ and how Fassin applies the lens of anthropology’s moral turn...
#booksky #gaza #didierfassin #sarihanafi
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Moral on Fire | literatur.review

In 'Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza', Didier Fassin applies the lens of anthropology’s moral turn. He examines not only what was done to Gaza, but also how Weste...

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Sep 4

After our special month of short stories, we return to normal life with an interview by Mbizo WaChirasha. He spoke with Megha Sood, an award-winning Asian American poet, author, editor, and literary activist from New Jersey, about her work and her new book.
#booksky
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«Love is the acceptance everyone is feverishly seeking in this topsy-turvy world» | literatur.review

When activism and poetry intertwine. A conversation with Megha Sood

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 31

We started our August Short Story Special with a story from the Philippines, and, since the Philippines are the guest of honour at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, we will end it with another.
#booksky #philippineliterature #jessicazafra
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The Adventuress | literatur.review

A Fairy Tale of the Diaspora

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 28

Following our story about suicide in Vietnam, we have another story on this topic. Axel Timo Purr, editor and author at Literatur.Review, shares with us a true story from the Bavarian Alps about a hut keeper who has had enough of the modern world...
#booksky
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Shot on the mountain | literatur.review

A true story from the Bavarian Alps

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 25

We are delighted to present a poignant and captivating story by Phan Thúy Hà, a Vietnamese writer and one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Vietnamese creative non-fiction...
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(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
#booksky #vietnam

Father Resolved to Kill Himself | literatur.review

An excerpt from "Family". Translated from Vietnamese to English by Vũ Trọng Hiếu

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today, we are sharing a story from Harare by Makhosini Mpofu who is a Zimbabwean writer. It's about identity, the struggle for it, and, of course, the curse called hope...
#booksky #africanliterature #zimbabwe
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
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This Life, No Balance | literatur.review

A story from Harare, Zimbabwe

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 18

We are very pleased to share a short story by Syrian writer Rami Tawil. Passages from „The Wall“ remind us of Kafka’s shortest texts. However, Tawil has his very own unique writing style...
#booksky #arabicliterature #syria #syrianliterature #shortstory #kafka
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The wall | literatur.review

A Short Story from Syria

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 14

María Ignacia Schulz shares with us ‚Raíces’ (Roots), an intimate and reflective story that explores the existential condition of ‚identity limbo’: not being completely from here or there, but also not simply ‚between’ two places...
#columbia #germany #booksky
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Roots | literatur.review

How do you put down roots when your voice is divided between two languages and your soul between two countries?.

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 11

Today’s short story is by Melara Mvogdobo. The author, who has roots in Switzerland and Cameroon, first came to our attention earlier this year with her wonderful novel ‘Grandmothers'. We are therefore all the more delighted to present this new story...
#booksky
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Dieu Merci! | literatur.review

Eine kamerunische Geschichte aus der Schweiz

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 7

The second short story in our summer special is by Yemeni author Nadia Alkowkabani and deals with masculine rituals surrounding defloration...
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
#booksky #arabicliterature #yemen
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Pyrotechnic celebrations around a defloration | literatur.review

A short story from Yemen

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are starting our summer of short stories with a powerful and ambivalent coming-of-age story set at the time of Marcos Sr.‘s declaration of martial law. Kristian Sendon Cordero, the author, runs a popular community bookshop in Naga City...
#booksky #philippines
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Santiago's Cult | literatur.review

A story unfolding in the provincial region of Bicol in the Philippines. Translated from Filipino to English by Bernard Capinpin

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Literatur.Review @literatureview.bsky.social · Jul 31

After reading Tajimara: There are roads that begin in books and end in life, although as a rule it is the other way around – an essay by Rodolfo Lara Mendoza...
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(Available in Arabic, English, French, German and Spanish)
#booksky #latinamerica #latinamericanliterature

After reading Tajimara | literatur.review

There are roads that begin in books and end in life, although as a rule it is the other way around..

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