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A novel about loss and how to deal with it: When we were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
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"ich kann vom übersetzen leben, weil ich in armut aufgewachsen bin"
so gutes gespräch bei @pocolit.bsky.social
stimme vielleicht nicht allem zu, aber vieles spricht mir aus der seele.
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mittwoch, folge 13, 54 minuten. kannst du vom übersetzen leben? ein gespräch mit dejla jassim
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist – six books that ‘are all brilliantly written and brilliantly human’.

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Im deutschen #Kolonialismus diente die #Funktechnik als Instrument kolonialer Kontrolle. Wir stellen euch Bücher und eine Ausstellung vor, in denen verschiedene Aspekte dieser Geschichte und ihrer Folgen verhandelt werden. pocolit.com/2025/09/12/h...
Heutige Echos der Telegrafie von Nauen über Kamina nach Windhoek – poco.lit.
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Kiran Desai’s novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a reverse Alice in Wonderland where the protagonist is hellbent on escaping the madness of a world that stifles him – until he and his family learn how to manipulate it to their advantage. pocolit.com/en/2025/09/0...
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard – poco.lit.
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poco.lit. hosts a German language #podcast. But, as an exception, our latest episode is in English. We hear from two members of the fieldnotes collective, Jessica J. Lee and Nina Mingya Powles, about their recent publication “This too is a glistening”. tinyurl.com/hzvekxrp
12. Special episode in English: Collaborative nature writing – a conversation with Jessica J. Lee and Nina Mingya Powles – poco.lit.
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Probably the most beautiful love story we've read in a long time. Caleb Azumah Nelson impresses with his poetic language throughout his debut novel Open Water. pocolit.com/en/2025/08/2...
Open Water – poco.lit.
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Food writing is a diverse genre that explores food-related topics and goes far beyond recipes and cooking techniques. In literary works, food can, for example, be used as a metaphor, a thematic element, to explore identities or relationships. Here are some recommendations pocolit.com/en/2025/08/0...
5 Books for Foodies – poco.lit.
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Fiona Williams' The House of Broken Bricks is a sad and beautiful story about the cracks in the lives of the Hembrys, a mixed-race family in rural Somerset. It's about grief, gardening, cooking, and, eventually, healing. pocolit.com/en/2025/07/1...
The House of Broken Bricks – poco.lit.
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New essay: it explores how public responses to the statues of Edward Colston in Bristol and Cecil Rhodes in Oxford expose tensions within Britain’s collective memory. pocolit.com/en/2025/07/0...
One Past, Two Futures: Britain’s Conflicted Path to Decolonisation – poco.lit.
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Olufunke Grace Bankole's novel artfully tells the story of three generations of women in Ibadan and New Orleans who try to follow their dreams, which is hard, because of patriarchal social structures, natural disasters and disregarded prophecies. pocolit.com/en/2025/06/1...
The Edge of Water – poco.lit.
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Anita Desai's latest novel is a reminder that a part of literature’s power is to take us outside of ourselves. Being lost in a story is not shameful, it’s important to our healing and sanity. So find yourself a few cozy, uninterrupted hours to settle down with Rosarita. pocolit.com/en/2025/06/0...
Rosarita – poco.lit.
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ja, das stimmt! Haben wir ebenfalls sehr gerne gelesen!
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Marcia C. Schencks Buch Von Luanda und Maputo nach Ost-Berlin: Erinnerungen Afrikanischer Werktätiger an die DDR ist gerade in deutscher Übersetzung von Joe Paul Kroll im Ch. Links Verlag erschienen. poco.lit. durfte einen Auszug aus der Einleitung veröffentlichen. pocolit.com/2025/05/27/v...
Von Luanda und Maputo nach Ost-Berlin: Erinnerungen afrikanischer Werktätiger an die DDR – poco.lit.
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Louise Kennedy’s „Übertretung“ spielt 1975, zum Höhepunkt der Troubles in Nordirland. In der Geschichte rund um die katholische Grundschullehrerin Cushla stellt Kennedy geschickt Fragen über Unrecht und Moral. Auf poco.lit. findet ihr unsere gesamte Rezension pocolit.com/2025/05/14/u...
Übertretung – poco.lit.
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Our event with Jessica J. Lee and Nina Mingya Powles this afternoon is part of the minor cosmopolitan intervention. Check out the full program, you'll notice that some of the events will be streamed. So if you can't make it in person, maybe see you on Zoom? www.uni-potsdam.de/en/minorcosm...
Minor Cosmopolitan Intervention 2025
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Are you in Berlin this Saturday? Then please join us for a conversation with Jessica J. Lee and Nina Mingya Powles about collaborative nature writing. Date and time: May 10,2025, 4-5:30pm; Place: Spore Initative, Hermannstr. 86, 12051 Berlin. pocolit.com/en/2025/04/0...
“A radicle reaching for a home in the earth”: collaborative nature writing – poco.lit.
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In einem Text für poco.lit. fragt Methu Tharavasa, welchen Beitrag postkoloniale Ansätze zur Antidiskriminierungsarbeit in Deutschland leisten können, und bezieht sich dabei auf viele Jahre Erfahrung in der Erwachsenenbildung. pocolit.com/2025/04/30/p...
Postkoloniale Ansätze in der Antidiskriminierungsarbeit: Welche Impulse können sie setzen? – poco.lit.
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Percival Everett’s latest novel James is a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Everett gives Jim the opportunity to tell his own story. And our new contributor Jana Künker reviewed the book for poco.lit. pocolit.com/en/2025/04/1...
James – poco.lit.
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For @wwborders.bsky.social, I wrote an essay on the reception of Indian literature in translation, what it means to play with language, and who gets to experiment:

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