Kurt Beals

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.

Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces by Jenny Erpenbeck

By Jenny Erpenbeck

Autumn 2020
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 novel ...
Blind Spots: The 2018 Puterbaugh Keynote

By Jenny Erpenbeck

July 2018
Jenny Erpenbeck

Photo: Shevaun Williams & Associates After watching the dance adaptation of her story “Sand” at the 2018 Puterbaugh Festival, Erpenbeck delivered the following keynote, in which she...