Shelley Frisch

In Berlin next week? Aaron Wiener (aka my son) is giving a lecture at the Freie Universität on the current media upheaval in Germany and the United States: jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/faculty/his…

A thinker for our time. Hannah Arendt by Thomas Meyer, translated by @shelfrisch, reexamines one of the most influential political minds of the twentieth century. On sale 8/11. Learn more: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609267... #HannahArendt

🚨HOLY SH*T: Mark Kelly just showed Tulsi Gabbard a Trump email to donors promising he’d let them in national security briefings for cash. "Do you think (his) supporters should be able to pay and receive private national security briefings?" Gabbard: …

The timing of those Washington Post foreign staff cuts…

@CarlosNYT @joumana_khatib @nytimesbooks @PoliticsProse Bittersweet farewell. I was there, in solidarity with and appreciation of all of you. My son was Berlin bureau chief, also shuttered this month. What a (pointless) shame, and what a loss for all of us readers, for the field of journalism, and for the direction of this country.

"Hundreds gathered on Saturday evening in Washington DC to mourn Book World, The Washington Post’s books section, which was shuttered this month amid widespread layoffs." @joumana_khatib & @nytimesbooks covered the Book World tribute at @PoliticsProse: nytimes.com/2026/02/23/boo…

Did you ever watch this episode of the Twilght Zone, “Mannequin”? It was said that this was Rod Sterling’s favorite episode. 🔥

@mviser My son (Berlin bureau chief at @wapo) and hundreds of other journalists were let go in this fit of idiocy. With whatever bare-bones coverage of the news is left there, who's going to read this paper?

Will Lewis just sent a note to staff at The Washington Post announcing that he is stepping down as publisher.

Yesterday, I was wet-eyed (obvi) on the Metro, wearing my Post beanie (obvi), and a woman, a stranger, leaned over and hugged me. Which is to say: The entire city understands the scope of this devastating tragedy… theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Unfortunately the Washington Post has decided to eliminate its Berlin bureau and with it my job. It's been the honor and adventure of a lifetime to be Berlin bureau chief, even if just for 6 months. So many great journalists have lost their jobs today. It's a dark day.

.@JeffBezos, for nearly a century, The Washington Post's foreign correspondents have been on the frontlines of war, uprisings and global crises. I'm proud to be a foreign correspondent for the paper, and we urge you to keep investing in the international report. #SaveThePost

The one and only Tallulah Bankhead was born 1/31/1902 - after a lifetime of theatre and film, she played Herself best in an episode in 1957 on the Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz show....

Layoffs are not a business strategy. We have the proof, @JeffBezos. 🧵 #SaveThePost

Hi @JeffBezos. We will never forget your support for our essential work documenting the war in Ukraine, which still rages. Your wife has called our team “badass beacons of hope.” We risk our lives for the stories our readers demand. Please believe in us and #SaveThePost.

@elie_foube16925 I'm now translating @martinmitt 's (Martin Mittelmeier's) HEIMWEH IM PARADIES for @PrincetonUPress, the story of Thomas Mann's life in Pacific Palisades, California. A fitting follow-up to the books you're now immersed in.

@shelfrisch ordered the auto bio of Klaus Mann with your introduction. Read the bio Cursed Legacy (outstanding) and have In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain.

I've spent a lot of time in the past couple of weeks with members of Parliament from Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, learning just how deep the ties are that the AfD is forming with the Trump administration: washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/…

"They wuh"-- one of the great lines in cinematic history.

This woman is spot-fucking-on. This the best explanation of what Erika Kirk is doing I've heard yet. 🎯🎯🎯👇

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

@MortenHoiJensen Tickets? I plan to be there, but surely I can simply come to Labyrinth (walking distance from my home) to catch your presentation? I’m now translating a book about TM…

Princeton: I’ll be talking about Thomas Mann with Florian Fuchs at Labyrinth bookstore a week from today. Link for tickets below!

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." cbsnews.com/chicago/news/p…