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Essay

Desanc­ti­fy­ing Kafka

Ross Ben­jamin
January 9, 2023
Recommended Reading

JBC Book­shelf: Win­ter 2023

Kyra Lisse
December 2, 2022
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Poet­ry
Today in the Taxi
Sean Singer
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Non­fic­tion
Lib­er­al and Illib­er­al Arts: Essays (Most­ly Jewish)
Abraham Socher
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Non­fic­tion
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka; Ross Benjamin, trans.
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Non­fic­tion
The Bless­ing and the Curse: The Jew­ish Peo­ple and Their Books in the Twen­ti­eth Century
Adam Kirsch
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Non­fic­tion
Kafka’s Last Tri­al: The Case of a Lit­er­ary Legacy
Ben­jamin Balint
Essay

30 Days, 30 Authors: Orli Auslander

Orli Aus­lan­der
December 2, 2017
Essay

30 Days, 30 Authors: Idra Novey

Idra Novey
November 17, 2017
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Fic­tion
Konun­drum: Select­ed Prose of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka; Peter Wortsman, trans.
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Non­fic­tion
Is that Kaf­ka?: 99 Finds
Reiner Stach; Kurt Beals, trans.
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Fic­tion
Kafka’s Son
Curt Leviant
Essay

Dis­cov­er­ing the Pinch: Part II; or, Ani­mat­ing a Lit­er­ary Golem

Ear­li­er this week, Steve Stern offered his rec­ol­lec­tions of the Mem­phis com­mu­ni­ty in which he grew up and the Jew­ish myth­i­cal lore occu­py­ing it. His most recent…
Steve Stern
July 29, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Matthue Roth

by Elie LichtscheinElie Licht­en­stein recent­ly spoke with Matthue Roth about his newest book, The Gob­blings.Elie Lichtschein: You’ve writ­ten both nov­els and pic­ture books.…
Elie Lichtschein
April 15, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Howard Schwartz

by Grace Stans­beryHoward Schwartz, three time win­ner of a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, has recent­ly pub­lished his fifth vol­ume of poet­ry, The Library of Dreams.“There…
Grace Stans­bery
March 4, 2014
Recommended Reading

Eight Nights of Sto­ries; Three Nights of Kafka

We’re leav­ing you with three nights’ worth of read­ing in one book for the week­end, but don’t wor­ry: Eight Nights of Sto­ries con­tin­ues next week!What’s this all about? Read…
JBC Staff
November 8, 2013
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