German writer and poet Dagmar Leupold’s publications include Wie Treibholz (Like Driftwood), Federgewicht (Featherweight) and Die Lust der Frauen auf Seite 13 (Women’s Desire on Page 13).
Reading at our Gala Night of Storytelling: Voices From Elsewhere, she recounts the story of the vintage suede boots that transported her across the Baltic to an icy dream of her adolescence.
English translation also available.
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