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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Fables by Franz Kafka and Charles Simic

Saturday, February 21, 2009

There are writers that I like, writers that I love, and writers that I worship. Simic and Kafka fall into the latter category, so imagine how thrilled I was to find these two fables–one by Kafka, the other by Simic–which I read as dual explorations of a similar dystopian insight.
A Little Fable
by Franz Kafka
“Alas,” [...]

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Love at First Sight

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d post a modern fable about love. Here is one of my favorites, by Alan Ziegler from The Swan Song of Vaudeville. © Zoo Press. To hear Garrison Keillor read the poem, visit “The Writer’s Almanac.” Here is the full text of the fable/poem.
Love At First Sight
It was [...]

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