Bob Kafka never stopped making good trouble for a better normal

Equally skilled at political theater and policy mechanics, the disability rights advocate kept pushing to make life more ...

Disability rights advocate Bob Kafka dead at 79

Bob Kafka was an organizer with ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today), a group which advocates for policy ...
The New York Times

100 Years After Kafka’s Death, People and Nations Are Still Fighting Over His Legacy

A hundred years after Kafka’s death, people and nations are still fighting over his legacy. By Benjamin Balint Benjamin Balint is the author of “Kafka’s Last Trial” and, most recently, “Bruno Schulz: ...
The Forward

A masterful new Kafka book will bring you closer to the writer than ever before

Franz Kafka was not a household name during his lifetime, but he was admired by the kinds of readers who could recognize greatness and immediately usher it into their house of reading — Rainer Maria ...
Snopes.com

Did Franz Kafka Invent Letters from a Missing Doll to Comfort a Little Girl?

In early 2021, Snopes readers asked us to look into the accuracy and origins of a story shared widely on social media that described a heartwarming episode in the later life of the novelist Franz ...
The Nation

Franz Kafka’s Best Friend

Franz Kafka and his dog. Kafka’s late story about a philosopher dog, like most of his stories about animals, is really about our lost humanity. Slavoj Žižek had me at the title of his 1992 book ...
The New Yorker

On Translating Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”

This essay is adapted from the afterword to the author’s new translation of “The Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka. Kafka’s celebrated novella The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) was written a century ...
CBSSports.com

Who is Mike Kafka? A look at the new Giants interim coach following Brian Daboll's firing

The New York Giants fired coach Brian Daboll on Monday, following a 24-20 loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 10. It marked the fourth time this season the Giants blew a double-digit lead, and the loss ...
NPR

For Kafka, Even Beer Came With Baggage

Franz Kafka wrote powerful stories about the powerless — and to make them frightening, he made them funny. Many of his darkest comedies, including the famous one about a salesman metamorphosing into a ...
Game Rant

Kafka's Best Showcases Of Power In Kaiju No 8

Ewan has been a content writer since 2020, and loves nothing more than discussing all things gaming. While he's been playing games all his life, he has a particular interesting in anything even ...
The New York Times

Who is Mike Kafka? Meet the Giants’ interim head coach replacing Brian Daboll

The Giants promoted Mike Kafka to interim head coach after firing Brian Daboll on Monday. Lucas Boland / Imagn Images The New York Giants fired coach Brian Daboll on Monday and named Mike Kafka their ...