The Pit of Tel Aviv, A Preliminary Damage Report

Avi Steinberg’s first book, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian, is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s Author Blog series.

I was on a roll with my manuscript, a prison library memoir, of all things, and then Kafka rolled into my life.  Continue reading here.

Marmaduke, by Franz Kafka

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Marmaduke, Franz Kafka style:

http://wewhoareabouttodie.com/2010/08/05/marmaduke-by-franz-kafka/

(via Algonquin Books )

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Kafka Manuscripts: The Fight Over Kafka

Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter
The blogosphere has been abuzz over the the newly found Kafka manuscripts (examples: here, here, and here).  Continue reading here.

New Reviews on Words Without Borders

Posted by Naomi Firestone
New reviews on Words Without Borders include Kafka’s Amerika and Suzane Adam’s Laundry…continue reading here.