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LR Essay: Language, power & resistance - the case of Western Sahara

UN Resolution 2797(2025) barely made Western headlines — yet the conflict’s linguistic dimension is crucial. Maja Zwick shows how... UN Resolution 2797(2025) barely made Western headlines — yet the conflict’s linguistic dimension is crucial. Maja Zwick shows how...

24/11/2025 24/11/2025

LR Nonfiction: Understanding China (and ourselves) better

How do we understand China—truly? Our review of Romain Graziani’s ‘Les Lois et les Nombres’ explains why a sober, nuanced perspective is more urgent than ever... How do we understand China—truly? Our review of Romain Graziani’s ‘Les Lois et les Nombres’ explains why a sober, nuanced perspective is more urgent than ever...

17/11/2025 17/11/2025

LR Interview: The Theatre of Resistance and South Africa's Story

In a riveting interview, Shafā’ath-Ahmad Khān opens up about living under apartheid, creating banned plays, and the enduring fight for racial equality through art... In a riveting interview, Shafā’ath-Ahmad Khān opens up about living under apartheid, creating banned plays, and the enduring fight for racial equality through art...

13/11/2025 13/11/2025

LR Fiction: 'I deliver parcels in Beijing' by Hu Anyan

In his haunting autofiction ‚I deliver parcels in Beijing‘, Hu Anyan exposes the grim reality of China’s platform economy: 12-hour shifts, one parcel every four minutes. In his haunting autofiction ‚I deliver parcels in Beijing‘, Hu Anyan exposes the grim reality of China’s platform economy: 12-hour shifts, one parcel every four minutes.

10/11/2025 10/11/2025

LR Film: The myth and compassion | Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

Starting tomorrow on Netflix: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein adaptation is more than just a remake: it is a liturgical reading of Mary Shelley’s myth... Starting tomorrow on Netflix: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein adaptation is more than just a remake: it is a liturgical reading of Mary Shelley’s myth...

06/11/2025 06/11/2025

LR Comic: "El abismo del olvido" by Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa

The graphic novel "El abismo del olvido" by Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa is an astonishing educational piece about dealing with mass graves in Spain... The graphic novel "El abismo del olvido" by Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa is an astonishing educational piece about dealing with mass graves in Spain...

03/11/2025 03/11/2025

LR Literature: The stranger on the edge of the valley by Jana elHassan

This month's short story by Jana Elhassan is a masterfully told parable about projection, fear, and the need to give a name to the incomprehensible... This month's short story by Jana Elhassan is a masterfully told parable about projection, fear, and the need to give a name to the incomprehensible...

30/10/2025 30/10/2025

LR Fiction: "The House of Doors" by Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng

In his third novel "The House of Doors", Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng skilfully blends fact and fiction, exploring the relationship between life and literature... In his third novel "The House of Doors", Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng skilfully blends fact and fiction, exploring the relationship between life and literature...

27/10/2025 27/10/2025

LR Essay: 'Tuesday' by Kurdish writer Menaf Othman

Tuesday like a holiday in a field of thorns: From Menaf Othman, a Kurdish-Syrian writer who endured decades in prison, this essay explores how Tuesday becomes much more. Tuesday like a holiday in a field of thorns: From Menaf Othman, a Kurdish-Syrian writer who endured decades in prison, this essay explores how Tuesday becomes much more.

23/10/2025 23/10/2025

LR Essay: Adaptation and resistance | Anpassung und Widerstand

Adaption or resistance? Three German novels – The Loyal Subject, Darkness at Noon, Flight to Afar – show how relevant questions of ideology, power and morality remain. Adaption or resistance? Three German novels – The Loyal Subject, Darkness at Noon, Flight to Afar – show how relevant questions of ideology, power and morality remain.

20/10/2025 20/10/2025

LR Interview: «For me, literature is a form of protest.»

We are certain that young North Nigerian author and language activist, Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu, will be present at one of the Frankfurt Book Fairs in the near future... We are certain that young North Nigerian author and language activist, Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu, will be present at one of the Frankfurt Book Fairs in the near future...

16/10/2025 16/10/2025

LR Literature: The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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 Cecilia Brainard... 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 Cecilia Brainard...

14/10/2025 14/10/2025

LR Report: Literary travel in the Philippines and beyond

From Manila to Naga City and Santa Monica – Philippine literature is as complex and fragmented as the country and its languages. From Manila to Naga City and Santa Monica – Philippine literature is as complex and fragmented as the country and its languages.

11/10/2025 11/10/2025

LR Videocast: Past, present and future - Frankfurter Buchmesse Part 1

The first part of our special feature on the Frankfurter Buchmesse is a video of a panel discussion with three female writers from the Bikol region. The first part of our special feature on the Frankfurter Buchmesse is a video of a panel discussion with three female writers from the Bikol region.

06/10/2025 06/10/2025

LR Literature: The blood of the gazelle | A poem by Aya Gamal Mohey

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'... 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'...

02/10/2025 02/10/2025

LR Literature: Aria for the end of the world by Ollier Lemvo Dondedieu

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... 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...

29/09/2025 29/09/2025

LR Fiction: Caroline Hau | 'Tiempo Muerto' | 'Stille im August'

Caroline Hau's emotionally charged and intelligent novel 'Tiempo Muerto' has finally been translated into German and has been published by Wunderhorn Verlag... Caroline Hau's emotionally charged and intelligent novel 'Tiempo Muerto' has finally been translated into German and has been published by Wunderhorn Verlag...

25/09/2025 25/09/2025

LR Essay: Omar Alhadi's prize-winning essay, 'Fear of the Camera'

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... 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...

22/09/2025 22/09/2025

LR Comic: Deena Mohamed's graphic novel masterpiece 'Shubeik Lubeik'

Following the Arabic original and the English translation, the German translation of Deena Mohamed's graphic novel masterpiece, Shubeik Lubeik, has now been released... Following the Arabic original and the English translation, the German translation of Deena Mohamed's graphic novel masterpiece, Shubeik Lubeik, has now been released...

18/09/2025 18/09/2025

LR Essay: Thomas Kuhn, Cinema, and the AI Age of Revolutions

In a beautiful and poetic essay, physicist and filmmaker Peter Baranowski rereads Thomas S. Kuhn's masterpiece, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"... In a beautiful and poetic essay, physicist and filmmaker Peter Baranowski rereads Thomas S. Kuhn's masterpiece, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"...

15/09/2025 15/09/2025

LR Nonfiction: Richard Reid's "The African Revolution"

Richard Reid, a professor of African History, fills an important gap. In his book "The African Revolution" he describes how Africa was changing before European takover... Richard Reid, a professor of African History, fills an important gap. In his book "The African Revolution" he describes how Africa was changing before European takover...

11/09/2025 11/09/2025

LR Nonfiction: Sari Hanafi on Didier Fassin's Moral Abdication (Gaza)

In 'Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza', Didier Fassin applies the lens of anthropology’s moral turn... In 'Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza', Didier Fassin applies the lens of anthropology’s moral turn...

08/09/2025 08/09/2025

LR Interview with Megha Sood, an award-winning Asian American poet

After our special month of short stories, we return to normal life with an interview by Mbizo Chirasha. He spoke with Megha Sood, an award-winning Asian American poet... After our special month of short stories, we return to normal life with an interview by Mbizo Chirasha. He spoke with Megha Sood, an award-winning Asian American poet...

04/09/2025 04/09/2025

LR August Stories: The Adventuress - A Fairy Tale of the Diaspora

We started our Short Story Special with a story from the Philippines, and, since the Philippines are guest of honour at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, we'll one more. We started our Short Story Special with a story from the Philippines, and, since the Philippines are guest of honour at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, we'll one more.

31/08/2025 31/08/2025

LR August Stories: Shot on the mountain - A true story from the Alpes

Following our story about suicide in Vietnam, we have another story on this topic, a true story from the Bavarian Alps about a hut keeper who has had enough from life. Following our story about suicide in Vietnam, we have another story on this topic, a true story from the Bavarian Alps about a hut keeper who has had enough from life.

28/08/2025 28/08/2025

LR August Stories: Father Resolved to Kill Himself (Vietnam)

We are delighted to present a captivating story by Phan Thúy Hà, a Vietnamese writer and one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Vietnamese literature. We are delighted to present a captivating story by Phan Thúy Hà, a Vietnamese writer and one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Vietnamese literature.

25/08/2025 25/08/2025

LR August Stories: "This Life, No Balance" by Makhosini Mpofu

Today, we are sharing a story from Harare by Makhosini Mpofu, who is a writer from Zimbabwe. It's about identity, the struggle for it, and the curse called hope. Today, we are sharing a story from Harare by Makhosini Mpofu, who is a writer from Zimbabwe. It's about identity, the struggle for it, and the curse called hope.

21/08/2025 21/08/2025

LR August Short Stories: "The Wall" by Rami Tawil

We are 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 own unique style. We are 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 own unique style.

18/08/2025 18/08/2025

LR August Short Stories: "Roots" by María Ignacia Schulz

María Ignacia Schulz shares with us ‚Raíces’ (Roots), an intimate and reflective story that explores the existential condition of ‚identity limbo’... María Ignacia Schulz shares with us ‚Raíces’ (Roots), an intimate and reflective story that explores the existential condition of ‚identity limbo’...

14/08/2025 14/08/2025

LR August Short Stories: Melara Mvogdobo | Dieu Merci!

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 a wonderful novel... 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 a wonderful novel...

11/08/2025 11/08/2025