"The program kicks off with a reading tour by two young authors who'll be traveling across the US for four weeks, from New York to Texas, sometimes venturing beyond the Goethe-Institut's offices to more quirky locations. In Washington, for example, Sonali Beher and Iven Yorick Fenker will be appearing in a pizzeria, while in West Chester, Pennsylvania, they'll be reading in a huge antique bookshop in a former barn."
"Beher, born in 1997, and Fenker, born in 1994, both studied at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig. The project is being conducted under the patronage of one of the institute's professors, the writer Ulrike Draesner. The two young authors, who've already spent time the US before this project, are looking forward to some lively debate and exchange of ideas. They're also relishing the opportunity to write new material to be published on the Goethe-Institut website."
"As a writer, she considers it a privilege to be able to simply observe and draw her own conclusions from what she sees. After studying in the US city of Seattle in 2017, she's curious to see how much the country's changed during President Trump's second term. But over the next four weeks, she also sees a role for herself as representative of a youthful, diverse Germany thereby sending a powerful message."
Goethe-Institut USA is launching 'Among Friends Unter Freunden' to encourage German-American dialogue through a four-week reading tour. Two young German authors, Sonali Beher and Iven Yorick Fenker, will travel from New York to Texas and read in Goethe-Institut venues and unconventional locations such as a Washington pizzeria and a West Chester antique bookshop in a former barn. Both studied at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig under Ulrike Draesner's patronage. The authors aim for lively debate, exchange of ideas, and to produce new material for the Goethe-Institut website.
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