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Franz Kafka critiques his dad

How not to raise a child: Franz Kafka's letter to his father.

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Franz Kafka: Should we have never known him?

Franz Kafka told his friend to burn his work. His friend did not follow Kafka's instructions, but should he have?
Franz Kafka critiques his dad

How not to raise a child: Franz Kafka's letter to his father.
Franz Kafka: Google doodle honors author of 'The Metamorphosis' (+video)

Franz Kafka, who was born 130 years ago, is celebrated today with a Google doodle of the protagonist in 'The Metamorphosis.'
Franz Kafka: Why a cockroach crawled into the Google doodle (+video)

A Google doodle Wednesday honors Franz Kafka, author of “The Metamorphosis." But this cartoon cockroach is more than just an insect.
Franz Kafka: 10 quotes on his birthday

Franz Kafka is considered by many one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Here are 10 of his most memorable quotes on his birthday.
Philip Roth: 10 quotes on his birthday

10 quotes on Philip Roth's 79th birthday.
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's prescient fiction

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami uses his novels to peel back the layered chaos of an uncertain world.
10/12/2011 04:21 pm
Global News Blog Performing art in Tehran

In a Tehran art gallery, performance artists covertly bring attention to the authoritarian regime.
09/23/2011 01:56 pm
Chapter & Verse A NJ school issues an apology for sexual content in summer reading list

The Monroe Township Schools pulled two books – one of which includes graphic descriptions of lesbian sex and another a depiction of a homosexual orgy – from its reading list.
08/24/2011 04:11 pm
Franz Kafka lost writings resurface, trapped in trial

Franz Kafka lost writings, retrieved from bank vaults where they have sat untouched and unread for decades, could shed new light on Franz Kafka, one of literature's darkest figures.
07/22/2010 01:29 pm
After the fall of the wall: Middle Europe reemerges – sort of

The connections of the old Habsburg Empire have reappeared, post cold war, but regional identity has not.
09/17/2009 01:00 am
Chapter & Verse Who owns a writer's legacy?

01/28/2009 12:00 am