The Auflauf is a newsletter-magazine featuring book reviews, interviews and more from—and in the spirit of—Berlin. A couple of times a month, we’ll be dishing up a piping-hot mix of literary criticism and book chat.

About us: We are three Berlin-based culture writers who write for places like The Guardian, The Baffler, Public Domain Review, and Jewish Currents. Until late 2025, we ran the Books and Stage pages of The Berliner magazine.

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Our Man in Flughafenkiez Sanders Isaac Bernstein

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Arts Tsar Olivia Schwob

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