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Meike Stein

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Meike Stein ist eine deutsche Journalistin und Literaturkritikerin. Nach ihrem Magisterabschluss in Medien-, Politik- und Anglistischer Literaturwissenschaft und einem Zertifikatsabschluss in Internationalem Journalismus in den USA hat sie ein trimediales Volontariat beim Norddeutschen Rundfunk in Hamburg absolviert. Zusammen mit Robin Schneevogt und Anika Falke betreibt sie "Papierstau Podcast", außerdem ist sie freie Mitarbeiterin bei SR Kultur und Referentin der Landesregierung. Und weil man auf einem M.A. bekanntlich nicht stehen kann, hat sie auch noch einen Master in Neuerer deutscher Literatur und ein Jurastudium beendet. ...more

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Meike Meike said: " Okay, let's dive into this rabbit hole: Westend, the publisher, has recently lost more than 30 authors because they have opened up to the right-wing populist spectrum (Julian Reichelt etc.), now they publish a book AGAINST these very right-wing influ ...more "

 
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Meike Meike said: " Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026
I'm only reading this because of the Booker shortlisting, so please don't disappoint me, Liz!! :-)
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Meike Meike said: " Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026
This sounds insane (and I mean this as a compliment), so let's read it!!

NOTES:
- 37-year-old struggling actor is desperately trying to pay his bills to subside in his humble London apartment
- answers an ad of an ps
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Negative Space by B.R. Yeager
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What a ride: This truly is a timely horror novel, depicting Gen Z youth with a starkness similar to Larry Clark's Kids, but hitting the right notes to transpose teenage angst and drug experimentation into the age of the opioid epidiemic and encraochi ...more
While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer
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Meike added a status update: I talked to the one and only B. R. Yeager about both "Amygdalatroplis" and "Negative Space", and you can listen to our conversation here: https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...
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Okay, let's dive into this rabbit hole: Westend, the publisher, has recently lost more than 30 authors because they have opened up to the right-wing populist spectrum (Julian Reichelt etc.), now they publish a book AGAINST these very right-wing influ ...more
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Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester
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"Look what you made me do" is the kind of thing criminals say to blame the victim - and that's at the core of Lanchester's satire: Who's the victim here, and who is just self-righteous? The stand-off at the core of the story develops between an insuf ...more
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“By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

Jack Kerouac
“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
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“I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
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“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on.”
― William S. Burroughs

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Jan Thanks for friending, Meike!


message 4: by Meike

Meike Joe wrote: "HI, Meike. I'm looking forward to discovering a few books out of my comfort zone and maybe picking up some German language if I'm not careful. Keep these book reports coming."

Thank you, Joe, I'm looking forward to talking books with you! :-)


message 3: by Joe

Joe HI, Meike. I'm looking forward to discovering a few books out of my comfort zone and maybe picking up some German language if I'm not careful. Keep these book reports coming.


message 2: by Meike (last edited Jan 26, 2018 10:55PM)

Meike Steven wrote: "Hallo, danke für deine Freundschaftsanfrag.

fröhliches Lesen!"


De rien! :-)


Steven Godin Hallo, danke für deine Freundschaftsanfrag.

fröhliches Lesen!


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