Yesterday, I finished a book I have been enjoying for several weeks: Eva von Redeker's "Bleibefreiheit" (2023; in English as "The Freedom To Stay", translated by Lucy Duggan). The concept of "the freedom to stay" challenges theories that frame freedom as "freedom to move". As someone who loves passerine birds, the introduction charmed me immediately: "The Arrival of the Swallows" ("Die Ankunft der Schwalben"). So just now, I was delighted to see that there's a beautiful picture of swallows sitting on a wire on the cover of the English edition. Now I'm looking forward to migrating across town to two events with von Redeker at the BuchBasel literature festival next weekend. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 9 November 2026)