Franz Kafka, prophet of existential despair, practicing attorney
Kafka practiced worker’s comp law. Princeton UP says his writings on the subject reveal him to be a sharp litigator and canny bureaucrat.
Kafka practiced worker’s comp law. Princeton UP says his writings on the subject reveal him to be a sharp litigator and canny bureaucrat.
The enormously talented Chris Adrian was very private at U.F., so much so that reading his personal essays feels a little bit like spying.
Playboy is serializing Denis Johnson’s next novel, Nobody Move, in four installments. The L.A. Times’ David Ulin covers them for Jacket Copy starting Monday.
My buddy Mark Sarvas is reading from his novel Harry Revised today (Saturday) at Books & Books, my hometown independent bookstore, and the place my mom took me in my teens when she announced I was old enough to “stop reading garbage.” So much has been said about the store and its founder, Miami Book Fair mastermind Mitchell Kaplan, that . . .
Today in crackpot science: Geocentrists believe the Bible proves the earth really is the center of the universe. (Thanks, John.)