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Bookworm

A Celebration of the Work of Swiss Writer Robert Walser

A tribute to the great (and virtually unknown) Swiss writer Robert Walser, who influenced Kafka and inspired Hermann Hesse. Writers Susan Bernofsky, Deborah Eisenberg and Wayne Koestenbaum read, discuss and worship Walser, a writer who is like a mouse that roared—small and fragile but out-of-this-world outrageous

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By Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read
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    Michael Silverblatt

    host, 'Bookworm'

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    Susan Bernofsky

    author and translator

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    Deborah Eisenberg

    author, 'All around Atlantis'

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    Wayne Koestenbaum

    author

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