Robert Bosch Academy Annual Fellows Study Tour

The annual study tour for fellows of the Robert Bosch Academy took place from 5-10 October in Berlin which had bucked the national trend with the rise of the rightwing AfD by electing a mayor from Der Linke (the Left) party.  It was a good gathering of sharp minds and fine human beings from more than 30 countries engaging each other and our German hosts on numerous contemporary themes.  I was able to host an hour-long creative event where some Fellows share poems and prose readings on Gaza and other themes of concern.  I read an excerpt of Samaritan.