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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · 16d

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Miriam Keilbach @miriamk86.bsky.social · 17d

Only if we understand, we care.
Only if we care, we will help.
Only if we help, will they be saved.
Danke, Jane Goodall, für all das, was du getan hast. Du warst die Stimme der Schimpansen.
(Wandmalerei im Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone).

Wandmalerei von einem Schimpansen vor der Silhoute von Jane Goodall. In der weißen Silhouette steht der zitierte Spruch.

Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · 21d

Took my PhD worries on a hike and they couldn‘t keep up.

Stony path through the woods in Tuscany on a mild and cloudy September day

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Kraja @krajamine.bsky.social · Sep 18

Eine ärgerliche Zeit, um ein Gehirn zu haben

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Sep 14

Between conferences 🫶🏼

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Kraja @krajamine.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sehnsucht nach Unterholz, Borke, Wabe, Nest.

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · Sep 11

Catch Chet'la Sebree on tour for her poetry collection Blue Opening (9.16.25).💙✨

“These poems wrestle w/ the cosmic without losing sight of the personal….Wistful yet undaunted, this collection forges new beginnings out of elegy.”
—Publishers Weekly

Read more: www.chetlasebree.com/her-appearan...

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congrats to Omar El Akkad for making the National Book Award longlist in nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
ICYMI, what better time to listen to our conversation about this incredible book
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
#freepalestine

Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House

In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Sep 6

Lieb ich 🫶🏼

Kraja @krajamine.bsky.social · Sep 2

Kommst du mit hoch, Welten umtopfen?🪴

Illustration von mehreren Blumentöpfen auf einem Tisch. In den Töpfen wachsen große Blätterpflanzen und Kakteen. Zwischen den Pflanzen stehen kleine Häuser und Wolken, sodass es aussieht wie winzige Welten im Topf. Vorne liegt ein kleines gerahmtes Bild mit einem gelben Geist und Herz. Um die Töpfe herum sind gezeichnete Sterne verstreut.

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Sep 4

Honoured to have presented my work on critical whiteness as part of the Black Literature and Culture in German panel, thoughtfully curated by @kirstingwyer.bsky.social, at this year’s
@ags-gbi.bsky.social German and the World Conference, hosted by @oxfordgerman.bsky.social.

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Constance Malloy's The Burning Hearth Blog @theburninghearth.bsky.social · Aug 24

I have been vicariously rivered. What a book! What an interview!

tinhouse.com/podcast/robe...

Robert Macfarlane : Is a River Alive? - Tin House

Don’t miss today’s conversation with Robert Macfarlane. A polyvocal deep dive into the mysteries of words and rivers, of speech acts as spells, whorls as worlds, of grammars of animacy, of what it mea...

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Aug 14

It has been such a pleasure to host this podcast for the past three years.

Frank Beck @diehoren.bsky.social · Aug 14

A treat for Rilke lovers: Rilke biographer Charlie Louth talks with Santhia Velasco Kittlaus about New Poems (Neue Gedichte), the poet's groundbreaking collection of 1907.

Oxford German Classic 2025: Introduction to Rilke’s Neue Gedichte

YouTube video by Oxford German Network

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Jul 5

Off to another summer with Walter Benjamin - and my emotional support selection :)

Pile of books I selected for my procrastination project

Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Jul 3

Flower friendship

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Jüdisches Museum FFM @jmfrankfurt.bsky.social · Jul 2

Mehr NS-Raubgut als gedacht: Ein Forschungsprojekt an der @goetheuni.bsky.social bringt zahlreiche geraubte Bücher ans Licht – u. a. aus jüdischem Besitz:

Research project at University Library uncovers more Nazi plunder than expected | Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

First project on provenance research at the main library of Goethe University Frankfurt reveals further demand in this area – Successor project examines rare prints – Extensive stock from Baer’s […]

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Dein Boomerchef Herr Petersen @cathulhufhtagn.bsky.social · Jul 2

Ich möchte reich werden um möglichst viel Land aufzukaufen und das absolut verwildern zu lassen, das ist mein Traum

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am so happy to be part of the OGN team, now for three years, which makes it one of the most important and valuable and still exciting elements of my PhD journey. I arrived as an academic baby and now I feel like I can do this thing. I love challenges that allow you to grow.

Oxford German Network @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social · Jul 2

Ganz herzlichen Dank - many thanks to all those who made this year's Oxford German Olympiad Prizegiving Ceremony possible with their contributions. It was a pleasure to welcome you all to Oxford!

@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordgerman.bsky.social
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
@oxfordkafka.bsky.social

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is Granta 172: Badlands.

Our summer edition traverses inhospitable terrain, from troubled childhoods to drone-infested Ukraine.

The issue publishes on Thursday 17 July.

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · Jun 29

We use @ursulakleguin.com as a portal for our conversation. Particularly the lines: “One way to stop seeing trees or rivers or hills only as a natural resource is to class them as fellow beings—kinfolk. I guess I’m trying to subjectify the universe, because look where objectifying it has gotten us."

David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · Jun 27

One of the true high watermarks for the show, don't miss today's conversation with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social A polyvocal deep dive into the world of words and rivers, of water defenders and language revivifiers. Come be rivered with us
Audio🌊📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/robe...
@wwnorton.com

Robert Macfarlane : Is a River Alive? - Tin House

Don’t miss today’s conversation with Robert Macfarlane. A polyvocal deep dive into the mysteries of words and rivers, of speech acts as spells, whorls as worlds, of grammars of animacy, of what it mea...

tinhouse.com

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Jun 30

This feels like home

Alexander Wohlrab @alexwohlrab.bsky.social · Jun 30

Foto einer Wasseroberfläche, die von einem Ast durchbrochen wird. Unscharf im Hintergrund Blattwerk.

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Kraja @krajamine.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ich habe heute diese sehr spitz zulaufenden Vögel getroffen.

Zwei Babystörche und ein Elternstorch im Nest

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Jun 30

Re-reading Rose Ausländer

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · Jun 25

For our new series, Dead to Me, we invited authors to write about friendships that have blown up, broken down or slowly eroded.

First up, Sophie Kemp on playground politics in suburban American.

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Dead to Me

‘Why couldn’t I ride a horse without screaming? Why couldn’t I hit puberty at ten years old? Why couldn’t I be normal?’

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Santhia Velasco Kittlaus @svelascokittlaus.bsky.social · Jun 23

Have chosen the mellow midsummer nights to finally sit down and read Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda

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Kraja @krajamine.bsky.social · Jun 20

Kommt raus, ich habs für euch stehen lassen 💝

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Jüdisches Museum FFM @jmfrankfurt.bsky.social · Jun 21

#JakobNussbaum (1837-1936) fing 1903 ein Stück Frankfurter Sommeridylle ein – die lichtdurchflutete Szene zeigt den Main mit Blick auf die Alte Brücke. Damals wie heute: Insbesondere im Sommer lädt das Ufer zum Verweilen und Flanieren ein. Findet Ihr die Personen, die sich im Gemälde verstecken? 🌿

Das Gemälde zeigt das von Bäumen gesäumte Ufer eines Flusses an einem sonnigen Sommertag. Im Hintergrund befindet sich eine Brücke und einige schemenhaft zu erkennende Gebäude.

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