To honor the 50th anniversary of the death of Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975) and promote his legacy, Parlor Press is pleased to offer a forty percent discount on An Unchanging Blue: Selected Poems 1962-1975 until 1 April 2026. Use the code BRINKMANN40 at checkout to receive the discount. This collection, translated and introduced by Mark Terrill, includes some of Brinkmann’s finest works from ten of his collections written between 1962 until his death in 1975.

Recent work on Brinkmann testifies to the lasting impact of his influence on German literature and groundbreaking transmediated storytelling. That work includes the recent English translation of his only novel, Keiner Weiss Mehr / No One Knows More, available from Moloko Plus; the new German-language biography of Brinkmann released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of his death: Ich gehe in ein anderes Blau - Michael Töteberg, Alexandra Vasa | Rowohlt Verlag; the new German-language expanded edition of Brinkmann's last, posthumously released collection of poetry, Westwärts 1 & 2, also released in conjunction with the anniversary of his death and containsing twenty-six poems not included in the original edition: Westwärts 1 & 2 - Rolf Dieter Brinkmann | Rowohlt Verlag; and finally a collection of biographical essays about Brinkmann by Frank Schäfer, also released in conjunction with the anniversary of Brinkmann's death: Frank Schäfer: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann | Verlag Andreas Reiffer.

Thanks to Mark Terrill for helping assemble this list of recent work on Brinkmann.

—David Blakesley, 12/16/2025