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Kafka’s Last Trial

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

During his lifetime, Franz Kafka burned an estimated 90 percent of his work. After his death at age 41, in 1924, a letter was discovered in his desk in Prague, addressed to his friend Max Brod. “Dearest Max,” it began. “My last request: Everything I leave behind me . . . in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others’), sketches and so on, to be burned unread.” Less than two months later, Brod, disregarding Kafka’s request, signed an agreement to prepare a posthumous edition of Kafka’s unpublished novels. “The Trial” came out in 1925, followed by “The Castle” (1926) and “Amerika” (1927). In 1939, carrying a suitcase stuffed with Kafka’s papers, Brod set out for Palestine on the last train to leave Prague, five minutes before the Nazis closed the Czech border. Thanks largely to Brod’s efforts, Kafka’s slim, enigmatic corpus was gradually recognized as one of the great monuments of 20th-century literature. Read more…

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Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe (except in emergencies). Read more…

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Stupid in America

Monday, September 6th, 2010

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Why God Did Not Create the Universe

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required

According to Viking mythology, eclipses occur when two wolves, Skoll and Hati, catch the sun or moon. At the onset of an eclipse people would make lots of noise, hoping to scare the wolves away. After some time, people must have noticed that the eclipses ended regardless of whether they ran around banging on pots. Read more…

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Rate our Charles Dickens Caricature

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

We are ready to launch our next batch of Simply Charly sites this Fall and we'd like you to give us your feedback on some of the sketches we're considering.

We'd love to hear your opinions. Please post your comments below.

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Rate our T.S. Eliot Caricature

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

We are ready to launch our next batch of Simply Charly sites this Fall and we'd like you to give us your feedback on some of the sketches we're considering.

We'd love to hear your opinions. Please post your comments below.

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