lit:air – Pop-Up-Lesung

We beat out the living room rug for you.

As part of the festival program forthe Day of the Good Life, the Cologne Writing Workshop is bringing short literary pieces to the stage!

In our open-air living room on Rathenauplatz, authors from our literary collective will read their own prose and poetry to the festival audience—original, incisive, and guaranteed to be entertaining. Each reading lasts only about ten minutes. So stop by for a moment, listen in, and join us! We look forward to seeing you.

On the program:

1:00 p.m. – Natalie Harapat: “XYZ”

1:15 PM – Nina Krasniqi: “Telefon”

1:30 p.m. – Thomas Empl: “Pariah Dogs”

1:45 PM – Paul Becker: “The Pig of Klazomenai”

2:00 p.m. – Barbara Thiel: “Normal”

2:15 p.m. – Leo Lemke: “Molasses”

2:30 p.m. – Jascha Garkazi: “Initials” (chapter from “Skin”)

2:45 p.m. – Dillen Pauli Niedert: “this is not a story / selfcare / black stars”

3:00 p.m. – Marie Foulis: “Pure Kinetics”

3:15 p.m. – Susanne Thiele: “On the Road”

3:30 p.m. – Wolfgang Schriefer: “Radiation Density / Thank You—Please”

3:45 p.m. – Manfred Weichselbaumer: “Rhythm of Life”

4:00 PM – Rebecca Ohnesorge: “Ficus Elastica”

4:15 PM – Georg Smirnov: “Trio”

The Schreibwerkstatt Köln is a literary collective that organizes weekly writing sessions, regular reading events, and an annual writing retreat. The collective operates on a volunteer basis; all events are non-commercial and open to everyone. You can find more information here.

You can learn more about the Day of the Good Life here.