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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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Portnoy’s Complaint
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Meike Meike said: " Let's re-read this classic! ...more "

 
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 "

 
Vigil
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The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai
" Left Coast Justin wrote: "This sounds like a book I would not enjoy at all, but I feel strangely compelled to read it now, or at least try to read it. ...more "
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Nobel Prize for Literature 2025
The bad news is: The apocalypse isn't coming, we are already living through the post-apocalypse, with people being driven by neuroses, fear, and boredom, and the corpse of past wonder being the last spectacle. The good
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
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" Bonnie G. wrote: "LOL. People said essentially that about slavery. Perhaps he is one of the people the system works for?"

EXACTLY. :-)
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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.”
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Jack Kerouac
“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
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Zora Neale Hurston
“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.”
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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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