Monday, October 28, 2024: We, as writers, publishers, literary festival workers, and other book workers, publish this letter as we face the most profound moral, political and cultural crisis of the 21st century. The overwhelming injustice faced by the Palestinians cannot be denied. The current war has entered our homes and pierced our hearts. The …
Speech given by Federico García Lorca at the inauguration of the first library in his village, Fuente de Vaqueros (Granada) (1931) When somebody goes to the theatre, a concert, or whatever event; if the feast pleases him, he immediately remembers his loved ones and feels sad that the people he loves are not there. “How …
Fausto Giudice, 23 April 2021 Werner Rügemer undoubtedly belongs to that “other Germany” – the one we love -, the one of “poets and thinkers” (Dichter und Denker), engaged in a secular struggle against that of “judges and hangmen” (Richter und Henker). We felt it was urgent to talk to him. Dear Werner, on 4 …
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