Five authors from the current issue of "am Erker" present their texts. The issue's theme searched for groups, collectives, pairings and ego dissolutions, for scenarios of commonalities and feelings in the hustle and bustle. Who are we? Where do we come from, where are we going? Does something connect us?
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KEY VISUAL „WIR“ - das Heft 87 der Literaturzeitschrift Am Erker
Miguel Peromingo reports on literary associations and ironically explains why they have produced so little artistically. Katharina Körting looks at the generation of forty-year-olds: "Some of us drop dead in the middle of a run." Joachim Hildebrandt presents poems in which the self becomes a barely definable place.
In Silke Andrea Schuemmer's poetry, people find themselves in mysterious communities with machines, weather phenomena and animals. And Eric T. Hansen tells of a rather unknown human service of the Mormon Church. Am Erker, founded in 1977, is one of the oldest existing German-language literary magazines.
Editor Marcus Jensen will introduce and moderate the event.
Admission free!
Eric T. Hansen, *1960, Hawaiian, came to Germany in 1981 as a Mormon missionary. Master of Arts in Middle High German literature. He has written numerous books since 2006 and also writes thrillers with his partner Astrid Ule, most recently the Emma Carow trilogy.
Joachim Hildebrandt, born in Leipzig, lives in Potsdam. Works for radio. Four volumes of poetry and two volumes of short stories to date. Most recently published Sprich mit dem Wind, 2023.
Katharina Körting, freelance author and journalist in Berlin. If you want to read more: Rotes Dreieck (Red Triangle), an election campaign novel on the state of the nation.
Miguel Peromingo, *1969, writes for Galore and Der Freitag. Consultant for labour market policy, also internationally, from Brussels to Australia and South Korea.
Silke Andrea Schuemmer, *1973, most recently published the novel Nixen fischen and the poetry collection Organische Portraits.. She works as a funeral and mourning speaker and teaches poetry at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences.
(event in german)
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Accessibility
We would like to point out that the lift in the building is unfortunately not working at the moment. For this reason, access is currently restricted. We would like to apologise for this.
Participating artists
Silke Andrea Schuemmer
Miguel Peromingo
Katharina Körting
Joachim Hildebrandt
Eric T. Hansen
Marcus Jensen
Dates
January 2025
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