Reader 8 Winter 2027 Publication date: November 21, 2026 128 pages €14 (incl. VAT) Oder single copies Take a print subscription Upgrade from online to print Gift-package with our tote bag Stock us in your bookshop The eighth print edition of Berlin Review. Essays on books, ideas, and the present by Antoine Idier, Itamar Mann, Adania Shibli, Jonas von Lenthe, Catarina von Wedemeyer, Andrea Binder, Jan-Werner Müller, Magdi El-Gizouli, Lily Hu, Ben Miller, Wolfgang Hottner, Odorico Leal, and Emilie Morin. Art by Elif Saydam. Winter 2027, 128 pages 5 Tobias Haberkorn Never YoungView 7 Florian Meinel Meinungsfreiheit heuteView 19 Mika Toyota, Eleni Karamali, Annika Meyer, Biao Xiang Dying AloneView 25 Eric Otieno Sumba Taking African Dictators SeriouslyView 33 Raphaela Edelbauer Fürchten, Beten, Ewig LebenView 39 Sinthujan Varatharajah Admiring the Wrong BuildingsView 45 Claudia Durastanti A Literature for the Downwardly MobileView 51 Maha El Hissy Gaza and the End of MetaphorView 73 Meret Weber Muted Colors: Zur Malerei von Pol TaburetView 75 Miriam Stoney Hoisted by Their Own PetardView 81 Marius Goldhorn Sechs Übungen zum ChinamaxxingView 85 Edna Bonhomme Phantom ThreadsView 89 Faith Hillis Radical Jewish Traditions: Then and NowView 97 Enis Maci Vom politischen Gebrauch der HässlichkeitView 107 Philipp Felsch Habermas und die deutsche ErinnerungskulturView 115 Karosh Taha Wie deine Ausdauer ist darüber haben sie KenntnisView 119 Diedrich Diederichsen VenedickView 74 Pol Taburet Malerei: All Skin Teeth Ain’t Laugh