Interview with the German Jewish woman writer Jeannette Lander

This interview with Jeannette Lander touches on the writer's background, he r growing up in a Yiddish-speaking family in Atlanta, and her decision to w rite in German. Lander discusses her thoughts on multiculturalism and on li ving in Germany as a Jew. In addition, she reflects on her writings in term s of such issues as postcolonialism, religion, and gender. Finally, Lander speaks of her career as a writer and the special power of fictional languag e.