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		<title>This Blossom In Your Side: New Essay on Kafka</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a new essay up over at Fantasy Matters on the ever fantastic Kafka&#8211;if you have never read his shorter work (which is speculative fiction at its finest), then perhaps my essay can give you some tips on which stories to try out. Hint: you get crazy village people,  a boy with a &#8220;strange&#8221; blossom in his side, a [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a new essay up over at <strong><a href="http://fantasy-matters.com/node/144" target="_blank">Fantasy Matters</a> </strong>on the ever fantastic Kafka&#8211;if you have never read his shorter work (which is speculative fiction at its finest), then perhaps my essay can give you some tips on which stories to try out. Hint: you get crazy village people,  a boy with a &#8220;strange&#8221; blossom in his side, a machine that tattoos its victims to death,  and a bucket that can fly. And no,  Kafka was not on LSD (in case you were wondering).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nancyhightower.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/xi-zhang-untitled-2010.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-474" title="Xi Zhang, untitled, 2010" src="http://www.nancyhightower.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/xi-zhang-untitled-2010.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="159" /></a></p>
<p>But right now I&#8217;m am busy writing the catalogue essay for the wonderful artist <strong><a href="http://xizhang.org/home.html" target="_blank">Xi Zhang</a></strong>, whose work fuses the fantastic, pop culture and Buddhist philosophy. In September and October, I&#8217;ll be blogging more about the upcoming Cute and Creepy exhibit, so stay tuned!</p>
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