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September 2012
Why was he hereFilling the roomWith light, and fearFilling her womb?What was he sayingUnder his wingsAs she was praying?Impossible things:Promise of birth,God as the father,
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July/August 2012
A new short story
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June 2012
Günter Grass's attempt to hide his past as a member of the Waffen SS is a shameful betrayal of his countrymen, and invalidates his life's work
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June 2012
A sequence of four new poems
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