Iris Radisch on Literary Criticism, Sexism Debate, and Reich-Ranicki

Iris Radisch, a leading figure in German literary criticism, discusses the sexism debate surrounding Denis Scheck, her time with Marcel Reich-Ranicki on the Literarisches Quartett, and the current dominance of women in the literary field. She also addresses the impact of click metrics on criticism. Radisch, former literature and feuilleton editor-in-chief of Die Zeit, is currently finishing a Rilke portrait and hosts the podcast Was liest du gerade?. In an interview with Der Freitag, she mentions recently enjoying David Szalay's novel Flesh (German title: Was nicht gesagt werden kann). The conversation covers crises and hopes in literary criticism, her relationship with Reich-Ranicki, and writers who no longer greet her.