The 2025-26 Berlin Journal

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The 2025-26 Berlin Journal

The new Berlin Journal has arrived, featuring work by the 2025-26 class of Berlin Prize fellows, including a Focus section on “Conflicts and Culture,” with articles by Hugh Eakin, Oona Hathaway, Derek Penslar, and Ross Perlin. Fiction by Jamaica Kincaid, Maaza Mengiste, and Justin Torres. Artist portfolios by Nora Krug and Dawoud Bey. Feature articles by Rachel Cohen on Rilke and Cézanne, Saul Noam Zaritt on Yiddish pulp fiction, Karen Feldman on Arendt’s critique of Brecht, Chloe Thurston on the rise of US stock investing, and Elizabeth Kolbert on Greenland’s melting ice sheet. Book reviews by Academy alumni W.J.T. Mitchell, Lorrie Moore, and Timothy Scott Brown, as well as news from the Hans Arnhold Center. (Cover image detail: Nora Krug, “Ovinnik,” from Shadow Atlas (StranEdizioni, 2012)).

Download the 2025-26 Berlin Journal.

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