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LitFest: Two Kinds of Alaska

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1 
W15 Cafe

LitFest: Writing Between Languages is a multi-day event featuring readers from Berlin-based writers pushing linguistic boundries. On Wednesday, November 16, Isabel Fargo Cole and Rebecca Rukeyser will deliver readings from their work on the U.S. state of Alaska, a place known for its harsh climate, natural beauty, and unforgiving wilderness. Cole's reading will be delivered in German. Rukeyser's reading will be delivered in English.

The readings will take place in the Waldstraße 15 café. This event is free and open to the public. No advanced registration is required.

About the authors:

Isabel Fargo Cole

Isabel Fargo Cole, geboren 1973 in Galena, Illinois, wuchs in New York auf, studierte Literaturwissenschaft, Geschichtswissenschaft und Philosophie an der University of Chicago, bevor sie 1995 nach Berlin zog und an der Humboldt-Universität Russisch und Neuere deutsche Literatur studierte. Sie lebt als Autorin und Übersetzerin in Berlin und veröffentlichte zuletzt die Romane Die grüne Grenze, nominiert für den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse, und Das Gift der Biene. Ihr Buch über eine Spurensuche in Alaska, Die Goldküste, erscheint im Herbst 2022. Sie schreibt auf Deutsch.

Isabel Fargo Cole, born in 1973 in Galena, Illinois, grew up in New York and studied literature, history and philosophy at the University of Chicago before moving to Berlin in 1995 to study Russian and German literature at Humboldt University. She works as an author and translator in Berlin and recently published the novels Die grüne Grenze, shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize, and Das Gift der Biene. Her travel memoir about a trip to Alaska, The Gold Coast, will be published in the fall of 2022. She writes in German.

Rebecca Rukeyser

Rebecca Rukeyser wurde in Davis, Kalifornien, geboren. Sie wuchs in den USA auf und studierte im M.F.A. Programm am Iowa Writers' Workshop. 2015 zog sie nach Berlin. Ihre Texte erschienen in Zeitschriften und Anthologien wie ZYZZYVA, The Massachusetts Review und The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Sie erhielt das erste Arbeitsstipendium des Berliner Senats für nicht-deutschsprachige Literatur. The Seaplane on Final Approach (2022) ist ihr erster Roman. Sie schreibt auf Englisch.

Rebecca Rukeyser was born in Davis, California. She grew up in the U.S. and earned her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In 2015, she moved to Berlin. Her fiction has appeared in such publications as ZYZZYVA, The Massachusetts Review, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She is the recipient of the inaugural Berlin Senate grant for non-German literature. The Seaplane on Final Approach (2022) is her first novel. She writes in English.


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