Just Say “Yes”

“I read your manuscript… twice” “Really?” “Lemme tell you, it was something else” “Oh yeah?” “It’s like … I don’t know how to put it” “Just try” “OK … it’s like … Kafka on acid”…

Elvia Alvarado

Our Latin America Reading Group will discuss Elvia Alvarado’s testimony, Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo on Thursday 30 May at 7 p.m. at Café Ventana.   I imagine Elvia meeting up with Che And the revolutionary…

Kafka’s Axe

Dear Bella Levenshteyn, Was reading Kafka’s letters earlier today.  The passage caught my eye: “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading…