Kris > Recent Status Updates

Hmmm The Stoker was interesting, and I liked the commentary on the immigrant experience, but it felt a little slow??

Wow… “The Judgement” hit hard…

“l am as I am, and that’s all there is to it… I can hardly take a pair of scissors to myself, and cut out a different person who might be a better friend of him.”

Finished Contemplation. It took me about three prose poems to realize that these were not interconnected chapters of the same narrative lmao As if with all collections, some sections hit and others missed, but it was interesting to see how Kafka’s writing is both varied and consistent in its mystery and absurdity. “The Plight of the Bachelor” and “The Businessman” resonated with me the most.

“The white folks would take her in. They would *have* to take her in. They would not let a woman die just because she was black; they would not let a baby kill a woman.”

What the hell is going on??

I love when writers actually use commas and periods (I’m looking at you Faulkner)

“It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.”