On this episode of the Berlin Journal, Brittani Sonnenberg, editor of the Berlin Journal magazine, speaks with prize-winning author and American Academy fellow Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) about her new book of short stories, tentatively titled Vampires in the Lemon Grove. Author Tara Bray Smith speaks with poet and philosopher Richard Deming, a lecturer in English at Yale University. And finishing out the hour, Berlin Stories creator Anna Winger takes humorist and food writer Calvin Trillin on a food tour of Berlin, introducing him to some of the German capital's most defining foods: crusty German bread, currywurst, Turkish döner, and, for dessert, baklava. The show is hosted by R.Jay Magill.