About the way things are developing on to the point this week we are still german reunification is it time for the next generation. Thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the poets are my guests here in the studio my 2 boys the recent art student focusing on migration and she argues that we in west germany are rediscovering the eastern german identity and we must learn from it also with us is Melanie Stein journalist and psychologist who says reunification shaped us know we mean the shaping society and a very warm welcome to see journalist and radio presenter Vladimir Ballard some who believe that todays united germany in small diverse than ever short. Embrace dance. And thank you for being here folks thank you for those 3 interesting statements id like to begin with you my 2 i called german reunification in my introduction and the fall of the berlin wall a miracle because thats how it felt to me i was there at the time and i was amazed by what i saw what does it mean for yo
Literature in the time of corona a short list of new praiseworthy novels a distinguished author and a digital book fair how is the literary world coping with the pandemic 21 gets the views of some writers and an organizer. But 1st the biggest awards of all that are built for as in literature for 2020 is awarded to the american poet reason click for her. Voice. Few people were expecting her to win the 2020 nobel prize in literature the poet louise glick the committee praised the austere beauty of her writing her reaction. To. The joy joy rather through. Blake has received numerous awards in the u. S. And she was the countrys poet laureate. She was born in 1903 in new york city on her fathers side shes descended from hungary and jews who emigrated to the u. S. Glick suffered from anorexia and dropped out of college she spent years receiving psychiatric treatment she has always process. Her own Life Experiences and her poetry her unique writing making them universally relatable her works
To truly process whats going on and at the same time because of the pen demick we have millions of americans voting early voting by mail right now as we speak as the just the factors around them the variables around them keep shifting the outcome for the election is anybodys guess and anybody is a fool to say they know what it might be but the unpredictable come back to you is trump showing any symptoms do we know. We have not heard and it is far too early to speculate on that we do know what his doctor a said which as you said hes feeling well and he is going to continue to push forward with his president ial duties however this is definitely going to change the shape of as william mentioned the election the president and the 1st lady have to quarantine for 14 days in 13 days we are supposed to have the 2nd president ial debate between donald trump and joe biden there were already some jokes and not jokes circulating after the debacle that was the 1st debate whether it should be cance
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Racism in germany. Government has declared a state of emergency in madrid because of a rapid increase in. Cases of government over regional authorities enforcing a partial lockdown in the capital and the surrounding region the countrys Health Minister says the measures are necessary to prevent infection rate affecting the rest of spain. The United Nations World Food Program has one dis years Nobel Peace Prize for its effort to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. Provided assistance to almost 100000000 people in 88 countries last year the committee described the award as a call to the International Community not to underfund the program. This is deja vu news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website. The fact the Frankfurt Book Fair is even taking place sends out a signal of hope. In the time of corona a short list of new praiseworthy novels a distinguished author and a digital book fair how is the literary world coping with the pandemic 21 get