"You're Not Eating Your Olive"

James Tate, Lydia Davis, and Kafka have entered the chat

For this week’s essay, I’m curating three short texts (by James Tate, Lydia Davis, and Kafka) with questions for reflection (see below).

Snake-Charming Secrets of the Indian Subcontinent
by James Tate

I was seated at the bar having my usual
five o’clock cocktail, a martini. It had been
a hellish day at the office and I was trying to
shake off some of the tens…