Michael Lentz Foto: gezett
11 am
Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, HanseatenwegEntry: 5/3 euros
With Michael Braun literary critic, Heidelberg Uwe Kolbe author, Berlin Michael Lentz author, BerlinClaudia Maaß Free University Berlin/German didactics Johann Reißer literary scholar, BerlinMonika Rinck author, Berlin Annekathrin Schachtpsychologist, Berlin Thomas Sparr managing director of the Suhrkamp Verlag publishing house, Frankfurt am Main
Hosted by Stephan Porombka literary scientist, Berlin/Hildesheim
You hear it said over and again: modern poetry is heavy duty. We need to get to the bottom of it – from the viewpoint of literary studies, philosophy and cognition psychology, and taking the views of publishing houses and authors into account. What is behind the cliché that modern poetry is heavy?