1940 - 1945. Stuttgart im Luftkrieg. Der Autor Hartmut Geerken blendet zur ck in seine traumatische Kindheit. Seit Jahrzehnten hat Geerken versch ttete Erinnerungssplitter aus jener Zeit ausgegraben und in Notizheften festgehalten. Diese "Splittersammlung" ist das Ausgangsmaterial von "phos."Tageb cher eines damaligen Hausbewohners, historische und aktuelle Ereignisse, Tr ume, Auschwitz, Reisenotizen, Fundst cke, pers nliche Befindlichkeiten, alles geht ein in den Text, doch eine Opfer-T ter-Relativierung steht au er Diskussion."phos" (griech. Licht) ist die Abk rzung von Phosphor, zerst rerisches Element in Brandbomben und hom opatisches Mittel nicht nur gegen Hitzewellen, sondern auch zur Heilung von mouches volantes und Nebelsehen.Ein Literaturverzeichnis, ein umfassender Index, vor allem aber zum ersten Mal eine dokumentarische Liste von mehr als 200 Bombenangriffen und Fliegeralarmen auf das "deutsche Coventry," wie Stuttgart genannt wurde, machen "phos" zu einem zeitgen ssisch literarischen und gleichzeitig zeitgeschichtlichen Kompendium, das auch auf den Wahnsinn heutiger Kriege hinweist.Die 53 schwersten Bombenangriffe auf Stuttgart, die fast achtzig Prozent der Stadt in Schutt und Asche legten, bilden die 53 Kapitel von "phos." Jedes Kapitel beginnt mit einer vielstelligen Zahl, die das Datum und die minutengenaue Dauer jedes Angriffs bezeichnet. Darauf folgt jeweils der Name dieses bestimmten Tages nach dem Mayakalender.

A talented pianist and composer in his own right, Sun Ra (1914 - 1993) founded and conducted one of jazz's last great big bands from the 1950s until he left planet Earth. Few only know that he also was a gifted thinker and poet. Sun Ra's poetry leaves everything behind what's called contemporary, and flings out pictures of infinity into the outer space. These poems are for tomorrow. This is the only edition of Sun Ra's complete poetry and prose in one volume. The Contributors James L. Wolf Earned a music degree from Carleton College, and studied ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, Seattle. Now works at the Library of Congress in the Music Division. Active musician in various bands in the DC area. Many contributions to Sun Ra scholarship. Hartmut Geerken Oriental studies, philosophy and comparative religion at the universities of Tbingen and Istanbul. Writer, filmmaker, musician, composer. Since the 1970s, close relationships to Sun Ra and his works, setting up the world's most comprehensive Waitawhile Sun Ra Archive Sigrid Hauff Studied oriental languages and arts, philosophy, and romance studies at the universities of Tbingen and Istanbul. Free lance writer on literary and philosophical subjects. Klaus Detlef Thiel Studied philosophy and history at Trier University, Ph.D. Philosophical author, focussing on theory and history of writing. Brent Hayes Edwards Teaches in the English Department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Author and Co-Editor of works on jazz and literature.

Romuald Karmakar's work in the fields of fiction and documentary holds a unique place in European film. It also stands in clear opposition to the dominant ways of the German film industry - both aesthetically and in its head-on treatment of several sore spots in German history. Time and again the 45-year-old director has engaged with "impossible" characters and "borderline" subjects: mercenaries, a notorious Nazi speech, the terror of being in a relationship, an imprisoned serial killer, or what it means to truly experience electronic and techno music. The book presents Karmakar's work in its entirety for the first time. It includes a 130-page essay by Olaf M?ller, several conversations with the artist, an annotated filmography, and selected writings by Romuald Karmakar, including a number of unproduced treatments.