The 2021-22 Berlin Journal

The Berlin Journal
The 2021-22 Berlin Journal

The 2021-22 Berlin Journal

The forthcoming Berlin Journal, to be published in early October, features a range of essays, stories, and artwork by this year’s class of fellows: Channing Joseph on America’s first drag queen; Yanni Kotsonis on the Greek Revolution; fiction by Lan Samantha Chang and Ladee Hubbard; reporter Alec MacGillis on the rise of Amazon; Tess Lewis on her translation of Lutz Seiler’s Stern III; an artist portfolio by Eric Wesley, and essays on the future of the global supply chain, the lithium economy, and teaching Schubert’s An die Musik, among much more. Please check back in early October to download the issue. (Cover image by photographer and Academy alumnus Mitch Epstein, from his forthcoming book with Steidl, Property Rights.)

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