The poetics of East German Stalinism
Maree F Roberts reviews The Stasi Poetry Circle — a thought-provoking approach to the Cold War's culture wars in the former German Democratic Republic.
Source: greenleft.org.au
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It Better Rhyme: 'The Stasi Poetry Circle'
When historian Philip Oltermann is handed the Stasi file for Uwe Berger, leader of the Stasi Poetry Circle, he gives the GDR's dark history a poetic twist.
Source: popmatters.com
The Stasi Poetry Circle review: a 'hilarious, page-turning yarn'
This is a ‘fast-moving’ account of Stasi spies by journalist Philip Oltermann
Source: theweek.co.uk
CRAIG BROWN: Imagine if the chap running your creative writing circle was spying on you...
For readers and writers in Communist East Germany back in 1981, a leading film-maker reminded an audience that writing was a 'weapon in the ideological class struggle with imperialism'.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Red poets' society: the secret history of the Stasi's book club for spies | Cold war
For seven years, the East German security service’s poetry group met in Berlin to discuss literature. But there was more to it than just learning about iambic pentameter
Source: theguardian.com