{"id":94132,"date":"2025-06-27T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/events-archive\/kick-the-latch-with-kathryn-scanlan-and-clemens-meyer\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:34:47","slug":"kick-the-latch-with-kathryn-scanlan-and-clemens-meyer","status":"publish","type":"events-archive","link":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kick-the-latch-with-kathryn-scanlan-and-clemens-meyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick the Latch: With KATHRYN SCANLAN and CLEMENS MEYER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bbKick the Latch\u00ab ventures into the rough world of horse racing tracks, into the forgotten hinterlands of the USA. Based on conversations with trainer Sonia, the novel tells the story of a life in dense vignettes \u2013 straightforward, gritty, and fast-paced. Scanlan will be living in Chemnitz for a time in 2025 as a scholarship <br>holder from the European Capital of Culture. Together with Clemens Meyer, who once owned racehorses himself and in his novels and stories tells of East German milieus like few others \u2013, she talks about her book, about horses and about stories that begin in the dirt of the pit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cooperation with Chemnitz, the European Capital of Culture 2025 and the Goethe-Institut New York.<br><br>With Kathryn Scanlan<br>Moderated by Clemens Meyer<br>Read by Jan Karsten<br><br>The event will be held in English with readings in German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathryn Scanlan&#8217;s story <em>Kick the Latch<\/em> was translated from English into German by Jan Karsten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","tags":[],"jct-program-properties":[],"jct-ilb-years":[906],"jct-program-categories":[796],"class_list":["post-94132","events-archive","type-events-archive","status-publish","hentry","jct-ilb-years-2024-en","jct-program-categories-evening-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kick the Latch: With KATHRYN SCANLAN and CLEMENS MEYER &#8211; international literature festival berlin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kick-the-latch-with-kathryn-scanlan-and-clemens-meyer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kick the Latch: With KATHRYN SCANLAN and CLEMENS MEYER &#8211; international literature festival berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00bbKick the Latch\u00ab ventures into the rough world of horse racing tracks, into the forgotten hinterlands of the USA. 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