Telling the stories we leave untold: a how-to guide

What are the boundaries between confession, satire and political critique? How can people love other bodies and their own, how can people love and be loved, when they don’t “fit” inside their bodies and their stories? Such questions shed light on the narrative strategies of German writer Katharina Volckmer, who makes radical use of humor, exaggeration, and the tension between the personal and the collective to redefine writing as a space not just for confrontation, but liberation. The writer talks with poet and translator Danai Sioziou about the boundaries of literature and its perennial ability to discomfort, destabilize and, in the end, reveal new ways of reading the modern experience. Join us for an open and exciting conversation about a truly irreverent body of work.