NPR Berlin: Brittani Sonnenberg on the Soundtracks of Home
Brittani Sonnenberg’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The O’Henry Prize Stories 2008, Ploughshares, Time Magazine and elsewhere. To hear other great pieces Sonnenberg has written for previous seasons of Berlin Stories for NPR, please click here and here. She studied English literature at Harvard University, received her fiction MFA from the University of Michigan… Read more »
The Outsider: Ralph Martin
Who a country’s richest person is tells you something about what that country values most highly. In France, Bernard Arnault sits atop the pile with billions derived from the luxury LVMH empire. Germany’s richest man is Karl Albrecht, who owns the Aldi-Süd discount behemoth. Worth $23.7 billion, he is in the same category… Read more »
Integration: Define German
Given the current debate about immigration and integration in Germany, undocumented American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ story resonates here, too. We are especially interested in his organization Define American. How would you “define German?” What do you think it takes to integrate in Germany? Is it easier or more difficult to fit in than in… Read more »
