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“People are read differently depending on where they are”: A conversation with Raphaëlle Red on the principle of the road novel

9. October 2024 / Anna von Rath

Raphaëlle Red is an author currently living in Berlin who writes in French, German and English. She is also doing her PhD on literature in the African diaspora. We had the pleasure of speaking with her about her French-language debut novel Adikou, its protagonist’s journey and its context from one language to the next. The German translation of the novel by Patricia Klobusiczky was published in September 2024 by Rowohlt Verlag.

poco.lit. – Platform for postcolonial literatures in the widest sense.

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Reviews

Mithu Sanyal
Antichristie

2. October 2024 / Anna von Rath

I rarely voluntarily choose to read stories about time travel, even though when done well they not only create narrative potential, but also orchestrate and scrutinize connections between the past and present. And this is exactly what Sanyal accomplishes with Antichristie.

Angela Hui
Takeaway

25. September 2024 / Priya Singh

Takeaway Party Anyone? Chef’s Kitchen Chinese takeaway in El Cerrito, California was a beloved after school institution when I was in high school. There was only a small counter, no indoor seating, and an open kitchen. Every so often a burst of fire would shoot up from one of the furiously moving woks. There aren’t […]

Anuk Arudpragasam
A Passage North

14. August 2024 / Laura Zick

A Passage North takes its readers along on a contemplative journey through a Sri Lanka traumatised by a decades long civil war.

essays

How do you say Ballroom in German? (Part 2)

28. August 2024 / Sophie Yukiko

In her second essay, Sophie Yukiko continues her critical examination of the German Ballroom culture. She observes that it holds huge potential because from its earliest days, it has always been a space for discussion, criticism, adjustment and conversation.

How do you say Ballroom in German? (Part 1)

21. August 2024 / Sophie Yukiko

German-American writer, performance artist and cultural curator Sophie Yukiko looks back on a decade of creating and experiencing Ballroom Culture in Germany. With a critical look on the reproduction of powerdynamics, she tries to find out what happened between 1980’s Harlem and today while diving into the conflicts and potentials of the German scene.

Travelling ideas and their baggage

17. July 2024 / Yassien Aglan

To travel is a privilege not afforded to all. While that might seem a bit hyperbolic in times like these, it is in fact a reality for most of the world.

Interview

“People are read differently depending on where they are”: A conversation with Raphaëlle Red on the principle of the road novel

9. October 2024 / Anna von Rath

Raphaëlle Red is an author currently living in Berlin who writes in French, German and English. She is also doing her PhD on literature in the African diaspora. We had the pleasure of speaking with her about her French-language debut novel Adikou, its protagonist’s journey and its context from one language to the next. The German translation of the novel by Patricia Klobusiczky was published in September 2024 by Rowohlt Verlag.

From Text Choice to the Individual Word – the Political Decisions of a Translator

5. June 2024 / poco.lit.

Within the framework of the Resonance program organized by the Goethe-Institutes in France, Justine Coquel and Anna von Rath chatted with Lucie Lamy, who, together with Jean-Philippe Rossignol, translated May Ayim’s works into French.

Author meets translator: a conversation with Sharon Dodua Otoo and Jon Cho Polizzi

25. March 2024 / Anna von Rath

On 07 March 2024, we held our Author Meets Translator event with Sharon Dodua Otoo and Jon Cho Polizzi. Together we talked about the novel Adas Raum (Ada’s Room/Ada’s Realm), narrative perspectives, dialect and humour.

Listicle

5 Books about Travelling Ideas

18. September 2024 / poco.lit.

Physical bodies travel across oceans, mountains, and borders. Ideas too can travel from place to place, context to context. Here are 5 books that we think represent how an idea can travel.

5 Essays about Traveling Ideas

11. September 2024 / poco.lit.

Ideas can travel in different contexts, but they also reach their limits. 5 essays about traveling ideas and their barriers.

7 introductory essays on postcolonialism

17. May 2024 / poco.lit.

One of our aims with poco.lit. is to try to demystify some of the core ideas in and around postcolonial studies. Here we’ve compiled 7 introductory essays that discuss different aspects of postcolonialism.

News

Call for Submissions – Being from

7. August 2024 / poco.lit.

This is our third call for submissions and we are looking for pieces about being from. Please send us your pitch!

Call for Submissions – Ideas That Travel

19. April 2024 / poco.lit.

For our online magazine, we are looking for contributions on the topic of “Ideas that Travel”.

We are publishing a book: Macht Sprache. Ein Manifest für mehr Gerechtigkeit

10. April 2024 / poco.lit.

Anna von Rath and Lucy Gasser co-founded poco.lit. and macht.sprache. These projects involved a lot of research, conversations with experts, workshops and inputs for different target audiences. Many of the discussions and learnings can soon be found in their book Macht Sprache. Ein Manifest für mehr Gerechtigkeit. The book will be published on September 26, 2024.

Events

Barrio Berlin Festival: poco.lit. Event on Belonging

13. September 2024 / poco.lit.

Join us for an evening with the 2 storytellers and artists, avrina prabala-joslin and Maya Saravia, who will share their approaches to open questions of belonging.

Community Event 2024 with Giuliana Kiersz, Ben Osborn and the “Macht Sprache” Book

23. August 2024 / poco.lit.

Warm invitation to our second community event! We would like to meet you all in person and have a chat over a drink. First we will introduce ourselves, poco.lit. and our newly published book “Macht Sprache: Ein Manifest für mehr Gerechtigkeit”. And then, we will be able to enjoy a performance by poet Giuliana Kiersz and musician Ben Osborn.

Online-Lecture with Ervin Malakaj as part of the #Vorzeichen series

1. June 2024 / poco.lit.

Join us for an online lecture with Ervin Malakaj about literature in, not of, Germany on zoom on June, 4.