Germany was wonderful. Frankfurt and the book launch with several
readings at universities and a school. The school children had even
translated three of my short stories and when they read back to me one
of my stories in German, it was pretty amazing. Uni of Dusseldorf and
the Translation Studies students were next. A two hour train ride past
the Rhine valley, very green and beautiful and castles in the far
horizon. I met my translator Mayela for the first time. Beautiful
grey-eyed Mayela and I read alternately. Eun San and Monica, Stephanie,
Sigrid Roering, Antje Brake - suddenly these were no longer names on
emails and I could put faces to the names. Very nice ones too. City tour
on thursday with Sigrid including a tour of Goethe’s house. The Roman
square and cafes that sell tall glasses of amber wine. Croissants for
breakfast and morello cherries on the street corner. Yes, I have
Frankfurt on my mind.
