You have to do everything yourself

Daniela Strigl's illuminating insights into her writing and the literary world What is criticism, and in what rituals does it fit in? What possibilities of knowledge transfer are offered in the essay? Is literary writing an art or a craft? Who defines the standards? It needs a contemporary formulation. The fact that poets and novelists lecture on their writing and poetics happens again and again. Writers who write about the life and writing of others, on the other hand, have less opportunity to speak. Yet they have so much to say. The renowned critic, biographer and essayist Daniela Strigl devotes herself to precisely these three topics. Provided with instructions, tips and reports on her experiences, but also peppered with the odd controversy: Strigl gives both well-founded and eloquent insights into the art and practice of her writing.