YES, FOLKS, I am very-geekily-excited to have discovered that Mikhail Lermontov — the Russian Romantic poet who wrote A Hero of Our Time — composed a free translation of J. W. von Goethe‘s famous short poem “Wandrers Nachtlied II” (aka “Über allen Gipfeln…”)! (Anyone who has taken formal German classes should recognize that!) Goethe’s poem has left … Read more
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Foreign language? … Say what? Trust me, it’s not as crazy as it sounds, nor as far out of reach as you may think. Let me make one thing clear, right from the beginning: you don’t need to speak like a native, or even have advanced foreign language skills. You simply need to know enough to string together coherent … Read more
Today I discovered a cache of poems I wrote in German a few years ago — in March 2010, to be precise. And believe it or not, they didn’t make me cringe. Mostly I was playing with sound and things I had heard or read in classes. I’ll share a few below, for anyone who reads … Read more
I know I’ve been MIA lately, so here’s a quick check-in, featuring short reviews of — drumroll please — three German Krimis. I suppose that seems kind of random, but I’ve been reading a number of them lately, thanks to a class I’m taking. In this entry I’ll give a run-down of what I’ve read so … Read more