Kurt Beals

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Kurt Beals is an assistant professor of German at Washington University in St. Louis. He has translated such authors as Anja Utler, Regina Ullmann, and Reiner Stach.

Things That Disappear by Jenny Erpenbeck
By Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck
New York. New Directions. 2025. 96 pages.It’s a strange feeling, encountering an item from yesteryear. We have all had the experience of happening upon an abandoned telephone booth, f…
Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces by Jenny Erpenbeck
By Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck
New York. New Directions. 2020. 212 pages. JENNY ERPENBECK’S fictional worlds offer us glimpses of what exists below the surface—of land, of water, of consciousness. In her nove…
Blind Spots: The 2018 Puterbaugh Keynote
By Jenny Erpenbeck
July 2018
Jenny Erpenbeck
Photo: Shevaun Williams & AssociatesAfter watching the dance adaptation of her story “Sand” at the 2018 Puterbaugh Festival, Erpenbeck delivered the following keynote, in which she in…