Choice excerpts from *Leaves of Grass* that speak to Whitman’s conception of immortality.

An illuminated Persian manuscript about customs, culture, and caste, written by an enigmatic figure of the early British Raj.

Anarchists, Ladbrokes, showtunes, and a little bit of literature

Sep 19, 2026 19:00 Uhr | Eintritt: frei | Ort: Lettrétage, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin | Sprache: Englisch

Sep 19, 2026 19:00 Uhr | Eintritt: frei | Ort: Lettrétage, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin | Sprache: Englisch

“A Cat-astrophe” came on the tail end of an odd 1918 boom in cat-themed music.

The novelist and translator on his new edition of Ruth Rehmann’s forgotten masterpiece.

The novelist and translator on his new edition of Ruth Rehmann’s forgotten masterpiece.

By manipulating paper flaps, the child could turn Adam into Eve into a mermaid, a lion into a griffin into an eagle — all while learning about the inevitability of death.

In which I claim that the recent translation of Effingers is a sign of a coming Thomas Mann era.

A multi-vocal anthology of Berlin fiction, Christian Kracht’s ventures to another realm, and Sheila Armstrong finds a bog body

Sep 19, 2026 19:00 Uhr | Eintritt: frei | Ort: Lettrétage, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin | Sprache: Englisch

Sep 19, 2026 19:00 Uhr | Eintritt: frei | Ort: Lettrétage, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin | Sprache: Englisch

The 1. FC Union women’s team is pulling big crowds. Can the fans create a culture with staying power?

The 1. FC Union women’s team is pulling big crowds. Can the fans create a culture with staying power?

Adding to what the New Yorker characterized as "some miasmic fourth phase" of discourse about the buzzy "trad wife" novel.

Some thoughts on books (and other things). Click to read The Good Review on Substack. Launched 2 days ago.

I'm an American writer/editor/journalist based in Berlin, with one foot in London. These ... are my stories. Click to read Nora Biette-Timmons on Substack. Launched 7 minutes ago.

Screwballs aren’t miserabilist-humanist comedies about learning to revel in imperfection; they’re comedies of...

The novelist on her new translation of the Romanian-born Nobel Prize winner—and the limits of beauty as resistance

Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track advanced learning. Anne ...

Friends and collaborators share what's on their bedside table at the moment.

The Anglo-American typography expert on the magic of neon, signage in both Germanys, and the umlaut as engineering problem.

The Anglo-American typography expert on the magic of neon, signage in both Germanys, and the umlaut as engineering problem.

A frenetic Berlin tech satire from Susan Finlay, Leonhard Emmerling's erudite account of idiocy, and Rebecca Birrell on art, fascism, and polyamory in interwar Berlin

Diagrams from a lost Urdu manuscript illustrating the propitious days and directions for travel.

A bit over 10 questions in 10 minutes on the musical Hurry, 591 BC–2007

Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari

The Bosnian-Australian author talks about war, memory, and what poems can do differently.

The Bosnian-Australian author talks about war, memory, and what poems can do differently.

A Dutch physician’s encounter with acupuncture.

A philosophical system and a practical guide for the cultivation of dramatic genius.

Mexico Taco, BBQ Brisket, Loaded Fries — only one country's limited-edition chip can take home the trophy.