Welcoming AddressMatthias Pees [Director of the Berliner Festspiele] IntroductionLavinia Frey [Festival Director ilb] GreetingsWolfram Weimer [Minister of State for Culture and the Media] Opening Speech »BREATHING IN UNISON«Cristina Rivera Garza, Curator in Residence Pulitzer Prize–winning author Cristina Rivera Garza opens the 25th ilb with a promise: : »In addition to
The festival spirit extends into the fall, as the award-winning Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy ventures into new literary territory with her first memoir. In »Mother Mary Comes to Me«, Roy not only reflects on her eventful life, but also on the political upheavals of her homeland, her special
Opening Speech, Discussion, Reading, Q&A It’s 1904. Luki’s mountain village in the Philippines is under American occupation. Rather than following the prescribed path of marriage, Luki would much rather hunt in the forest. When U.S. President Roosevelt invites her to the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Luki doesn’t hesitate. She
