Engst, Anja

Engst, Anja (c) Joao Hermeto

Anja Engst studies literature in Frankfurt (Oder) and literary writing in Leipzig and lives in Berlin. She is part of the poetry collective “das ad hoc”. Her texts have recently appeared in the Jenny and in the Kapsel.

 

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Poets‘ Corner in Neukölln

Kein Mensch ist eine Insel: Gemeinsam arbeiten

Ada Bar | Sonnenallee 100 | 12045 Berlin

 

Collectives are sprouting up all around us. And we, too, long for complicity, want to form gangs. The collective can be a safe space for exchange, criticism and practice. A step between the drawer and a larger audience. A place where common ideas can be formed and captured in an open and multi-perspective way.   

Where does this desire for collective structures come from? And what influence do they have on the creative workflow? How does a text change in a shared space? Does anything here still belong to me? How does a poetry collective relate to the literary establishment, and does the lyric form hold a particular collective potential?  

Engst, Anja • Hauser, Sara • Omar, Stix • Schraven, Hannah • fährten