Category Archives: Germany
by Andrew Knot | Nov 16, 2017
There’s a Dutch phrase about the Dom, my grandpa claims. “See the Cologne Cathedral and you can die.”
by Andrew Knot | Jul 16, 2017
In the US, wearing sweatpants to the grocery store is an act of conformity. In Germany as in many other countries on the continent, it’s an act of rebellion.
by Andrew Knot | Jun 16, 2017
I was satisfied in my decision. There was thrill in riding without a ticket. And I was convinced that what I was doing was right. I was in line with the spirit of the law, even if the law had no spirit.
by Andrew Knot | Mar 16, 2017
Life as an expat can be categorized according to two phenomena: experiences that reinforce the expat’s sense of belonging to her heritage and experiences that point to a shift in identity.
by Katie Van Zanen | Feb 10, 2017
Last fall, my much-delayed Megabus dropped me off in Chinatown at 2:30 a.m. I had seven percent battery life, four dollars in cash, and no idea how to get to Brooklyn.
by Andrew Knot | May 16, 2016
I could almost hear his eyes glazing over. The remove in his voice suggested that the ocean between us was a puddle compared to the expanse between our brains.
by Andrew Knot | Apr 16, 2016
In 2050, when the first histories of Germany’s integration project are written, the country will be graded on its efficacy in educating refugees in its native tongue.
by Andrew Knot | Mar 16, 2016
How much further from home is the 40-year old tailor from Afghanistan who lacks the native words to ask for his family’s daily bread?
by Andrew Knot | Jan 16, 2016
Faced with what the Justice Minister called “a new dimension of organized criminality” (a stark departure from “relaxed”), Germany is asking itself questions.
by Andrew Knot | Sep 16, 2015
You understand the subject, could identify, spell, and define each subsequent word or phrase, and are then met with a verb that can’t possibly make sense in the imagined understanding. What’s left is January North Sea coastline.
