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Even though you don’t know him, you may already feel a type of familiarity with author Marc Degens: he writes with a self-deprecating humour common in Canada, and he would also fit right in with our local startup culture.</p>
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An accomplished writer, Degens has published four novels, numerous other books, and had regular columns in the <em>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</em> (The <em>New York Times</em> of the German-speaking world).</p>
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In 1995, Degens co-founded SuKuLTuR Verlag (SuKuLTuR Publishing), which focuses primarily on contemporary literature. In 2003, he and his partners came up with a new idea: selling chapbooks via vending machines placed at light rail transit stations throughout
Berlin. The books had only 12 to 24 pages, and prices started at 1 Euro. In 2004, they expanded to other cities in Germany, including Hamburg and Dortmund. By fall of last year, they had sold over 100,000 books via vending machines alone.</p>
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Degens will be reading from several works on Tuesday, February 23 at 4:00 p.m. in EV3-3406: <em>God’s Busted Knee</em>, <em>The SuKuLTuR Years, </em>and <em>Dorsten.</em> He’ll read in both English and German, with English translations projected for German
texts. A discussion in English will follow. Knowledge of German isn’t necessary.</p>
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This event is organized by the <a href="http://wcgs.ca/" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Waterloo Centre for German Studies</a> and the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies.</p>
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