Documenting and Imagining through Literature: A Conversation with Katherina Braschel

In this episode, Katherina Braschel, prize-winning Vienna-based author and the Spring 2024 Max Kade Writer in Residence at Bowling Green State University and Dr. Christina Guenther, professor of German in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at BGSU talk about creative writing, cross-cultural communication, and the many ways in which literature allows us to document the world around us, grapple with the past and imagine the future. Both discuss the impact of language learning, translations and literary writing in the German speaking context, while Katherina Braschel shares her experience teaching Austrian literature and creative writing to BGSU students, as well as her own journey as a writer. The hidden gem in this episode is the bilingual reading at the end: Listen to Katherina Braschel reading an excerpt from Es fehlt viel in Deutsch and Christina Guenther read the English translation by Geoff Howes. Curious? Here you can find the German original: https://www.liberladen.org/product/katherina-braschel-es-fehlt-viel/. And here is Katherina Braschel's Website: www.katherinabraschel.com.