I am a writer and translator. My most recent project is 'Anneliese's House' by Lou Andreas-Salomé, which I translated with Raleigh Whitinger. The profile image is from the wallpaper in William Morris's drawing room. My website is www.diehoren.com.https://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mkfw6lcxjs22When a nation is awash with guns, no one anywhere is safe. This is the choice America makes. Time for a new one? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-political-violence?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other26 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfw6lcxjs22https://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mkfntifbt222What did Shakespeare read? How did his reading compare with that of his contemporaries? Another good reason for you and me to read the Times Literary Supplement. A digital subscription is just USD 6.50 a month (that's two issues). https://www.the-tls.com/literature-by-region/british-literature/shakespeare-books-england-jonathan-lamb-book-review-emma-smith26 Apr 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfntifbt222https://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mkdbckccw22aI’ve been watching this 2020 performance of Elgar’s ‘Dream of Gerontius’: it's extraordinary. Just give a listen from 19:45 to 26:20: Paul Groves sings the words of an old man on his death bed, first professing faith, then overcome by fear. No wonder people call this a ‘spiritual opera’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnwmVypRY-g&t=2183s25 Apr 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdbckccw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mkd35amntk2hWe're still sorting out how the music of the 60s changed us and our world. This book might help. I look forward to reading it. I've gifted the review, so there's no paywall. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/books/review/where-the-music-had-to-go-jim-windolf.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dlA.SC8J.cnv12I4MX4F7&smid=url-share25 Apr 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd35amntk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk7bqeie5s2wWhose set the genocide in Gaza in motion? Whose weapons armed it? Whose military intelligence helped the IDF attack refugee camps, schools, hospitals, ambulances, and humanitarian aid sites? Whose silence condemned thousands of innocent people to death? How will their murderers be held to account?24 Apr 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7bqeie5s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk5vpjm6zc2qIn or around Bern this week? A conversation on the occasion of the centenary of Rilke's death. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5vpjm6zc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk5vfe5flc2qSophie Calle's photographs give us something to think about. She uses a camera 'to put something between me and what I don't want to see.' Her show 'The Sleepers' is at MoMA now, and I'm proud to say that our daughter Marina worked on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhED5uQ7IE23 Apr 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5vfe5flc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk4wyx2hac2kThe GOP faces a big problem in the upcoming election. Fewer and fewer Americans are willing to donate to their candidates. I wonder why. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/16/800021332/congress/republicans-face-another-staggering-disadvantage-ahead-of-midterms/23 Apr 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4wyx2hac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk4worr5lc2kIsrael deliberated targeted the house in which these two journalists had taken shelter, killing one and injuring the other. Why is the US still allied with this lawless and murderous regime? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world/middleeast/journalist-killed-israel-lebanon-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.NZNw.bV-ZFbcu3qX-&smid=url-share23 Apr 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4worr5lc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk46pnk2oc2hThe US is becoming a rogue nation. Shame on the silent members of the Senate. We’ll remember you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk46pnk2oc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mk3h72armc24A thought from 2015. Eleven years on, Earth Day is still a day about an endangered planet. https://www.diehoren.com/2015/04/earth-day-2015.html22 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3h72armc24https://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mjznfl5mh226If the US/Israeli/Iranian war resumes, what form might it take? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/iran-us-war-four-scenarios-for-whats-next-as-talks-stumble21 Apr 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjznfl5mh226https://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mjtwpa6vbk2zThat says it. Let all men who lack respect for other human beings take note. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtwpa6vbk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mjlg7tb3ok2fLooking forward to reading this debut novel by Swiss novelist Nelio Biedermann, which has been called 'epic, tragic and traumatic, stormy, wistful and very romantic': https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/books/review/nelio-biedermann-interview-lazar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bVA.1hnT.CiJu9samS2K_&smid=url-share16 Apr 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlg7tb3ok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mjeym6ncjk2nIch bin immer wieder überrascht, was ich im Internet finden kann. Hier ist ein aufschlussreicher Einblick in den „Poetischen Realismus“, wie er von Theodor Fontane, Aloisia Kirschner, Lou Andreas-Salomé, und anderen Schriftstellern praktiziert wurde. Aber warum wurden die Frauen nicht erwähnt? https://blog.zeit.de/schueler/2014/05/06/literatur-des-realismus/13 Apr 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeym6ncjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mjlgeczmi22fAppalled to see New York's two senators on this list. The Empire State deserves better. Let's have a real primary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlgeczmi22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mjlg7tb3ok2fLooking forward to reading this debut novel by Swiss novelist Nelio Biedermann, which has been called 'epic, tragic and traumatic, stormy, wistful and very romantic': https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/books/review/nelio-biedermann-interview-lazar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bVA.1hnT.CiJu9samS2K_&smid=url-share16 Apr 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlg7tb3ok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/diehoren.bsky.social/post/3mj6sozclik2rMartha and Rufus Wainwright sing 'Talk to Me of Mendocino', written by their mother Kate McGarrigle, with Anna McGarrigle on piano. The song was one of the stand-outs on the sisters' first album, 50 years young in 2026. I've loved it since the first day I heard it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z85yJwexow11 Apr 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:2qdohesellnwyukwhjyulpba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6sozclik2r