„Spree - Essays über Natur und Landschaft in Europa“ - Lesung & Gespräch mit Uwe Rada

In the organizer's words:

What would the Spree say to all this if it had a voice?

The Spree was never allowed to be just a river. It has always had to represent, toil, transport, supply and keep house. The Spree has to deliver, and then it also has to smile at the tourists. How long can it hold out? Does she even want to?

Uwe Rada approaches it as a literary and political landscape. Unlike the "lovely Havel", in whose shadow it has always stood, the important questions of our time are negotiated on the "working river". Will Berlin and the Spreewald be left high and dry after the coal phase-out in Lusatia? What voice will minorities like the Sorbs raise?

Uwe Rada is a journalist and author. He is responsible for urban development and the future of rural areas at the daily newspaper in Berlin and has also lived in Grunow in East Brandenburg since 2018. In addition to his first European essay "Neuwald", he has also published other books on the Oder, Memel, Elbe and Adriatic.