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Meike Ulrike Stein

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Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
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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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Schleifen
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Meike Meike said: " Elias is just such a cool dude, I heard him read Staublunge at the Ingeborg Bachmann competition and really liked his last effort Content, so let's check out his upcoming novel! ...more "

 
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Meike Meike said: " Okay, let's do this!

NOTES:
- we are living in the post-apocalypse: neurosis, fear, boredom
- three parts, told with changing point of views of the four main characters
- several weeks in winter
- first published in 1989

An Emergency
63-year-old Mrs. Plauf
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Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
" cloudybooks wrote: "LOl ‘the most unnecessary and blatantly self-serving …’ brilliant. I didn’t enjoy the book either."

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This is pop science as a beach read: Fun and easily accessible, but shallow and ultimately contradictory. McKinney is a journalist and podcaster specializing (!) in gossip as a field of research, which, you know, raises certain expectations regarding ...more
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Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Creation Lake
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Now Winner of the first Spiegel Prize 2025, the most unnecessary and blatantly self-serving literary prize in recent history
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024
Nominated for the National Book Award 2024

Come for the story, stay for the messy femal
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" Oh, I'm so curious about this one, as Dennis Cooper has praised it so highly - I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts! ...more "
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Schleifen by Elias Hirschl
" Angelo wrote: "Viel Spaß bei der Lektüre! Ich muss noch bis zum ET warten, freue mich aber schon sehr. 🙌🏻"

Vielen Dank, Angelo!
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Irvine Welsh
“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.”
Jack Kerouac

Zora Neale Hurston
“I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
Zora Neale Hurston, I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive

David Foster Wallace
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

William S. Burroughs
“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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message 5: by Jan

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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