What else does a black female writer have to do in this world? What does she do with the rage that consumes her when she is again marginalized or used as "the attraction" for show? And what does she do with her throbbing shame?

Literature behind bars: As part of the ILB, Ronya Othmann reads in the open prison in Spandau, Berlin.

On Urs Engler - legend of German-language literature, poetry in particular -and his collection of poems "nicht nichts (not nothing)" (poems 1984-2024)

A feminist, accustomed to insult as a device, tells us what a hacker taught her about machismo.

As criticism of colonialism and bitter debates on cultural appropriation resurface, it is worth looking back to the 18th century and to Georg Forster, one of the most fascinating thinkers of his time

A story from Belarus - translated from Belarusian into German by Tina Wünschmann

A story from Ghana

A Creation Story from the Philippines - translated from the Filipino into English by Allan N. Derain

A German-Mauritian story

A short story from Indonesia - translated from the Indonesian into English by Nikmah Khamis

A story from South Africa

A short story from the US, written in 2019, before Vladimir Vladimirovich began to occupy Ukraine (and after seizing Crimea)

A German-Palestinian Story

A short story from the Philippines - translated from Tagalog into English by Joseph T. Salazar