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The 92NY Unterberg Poetry Center’s 84th season will continue with a Winter/Spring lineup featuring beloved playwrights and actors, critically-acclaimed novelists and poets. See details about the lineup and more.

Czech author of 'The Metamorphosis' had a complex, contradictory relationship with Judaism, was fascinated by Yiddish theater, new book shows

A new translation of Franz Kafka's diaries gives readers the fullest possible picture of his complex relationship with Judaism.

The celebrated author of “The Metamorphosis” had a lifelong interest in Jewish ideas, especially Yiddish theater.

An interview with the translator of Kafka's (surprisingly raunchy!) uncensored diaries.

The celebrated author of “The Metamorphosis” had a lifelong interest in Jewish ideas, especially Yiddish theater.

An unabridged volume of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores the rough edges and impulses that were buffed out of past editions.

We think of him as a recluse, but an unfiltered translation of his diaries reveals an artist who was often antic, alive, and in motion.

“A calm positively scenic thinking sets in.”

Women dominate shortlist for International Booker Prize