Outside the world of literary criticism this would be a very odd question indeed. Are authors real? Do they exist as flesh and blood...

Because none of us are traveling much these days, I have decided to return to my favorite Mediterranean islands in my blog. I have a...

As a writer of novels and short stories, Philip K. Dick seems to have a particular affinity with the visual and auditory world of...

When it comes to a winter break in Europe, it isn’t easy to decide where to go. Though Grand Tourists made it seem like Italy was always...

I have not taught Kafka in a long time, and I miss him. An old course of mine on Crime and Punishment in literature juxtaposed...