The Berlin Journal

Published annually, the Berlin Journal gathers essays, fiction, interviews, and artist portfolios by the Academy’s fellows and guests—a record of the ideas taking shape at the Hans Arnhold Center.

Featured articles from past issues

Essays, fiction, and artist portfolios from the recent issues of the Berlin Journal.

Berlin Journal Articles

The Storm

18 Oct 2021

From the novel “The Family Chao”

Lan Samantha Chang
Berlin Journal Articles

The First Drag Queen

18 Oct 2021

Striking a pose for emancipation

Channing Joseph
Berlin Journal Articles

Yams

8 Oct 2021

Fiction from the collection “The Last Suspicious Holdout”

Ladee Hubbard
Berlin Journal Articles

Attacking Zwarte Piet

17 May 2021

Dutch folklore and racial history

Allison Blakely
Berlin Journal Articles

No Refuge

16 May 2021

Burning the Mediterranean Sea

Hakim Abderrezak
Berlin Journal Articles

Little White Overcoats

15 May 2021

James Baldwin and writerly trust

Robert F. Reid-Pharr
Berlin Journal Articles

Gate of Tears

25 Feb 2021

Migration and impasse in Djibouti

Nathalie Peutz
Berlin Journal Articles

Good Soldiers?

25 Feb 2021

Women and the military in World War II

Karen Hagemann

Past Issues of the Berlin Journal

Browse the full archive, from the first issue to today—more than two decades of writing and artwork by fellows of the Academy.

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