David and Tamler return to one of their favorites, Frans Kafka, this time on his beautiful and distressing short story "The Hunger Artist," a story that brims with metaphorical possibilities but also implores us to accept it on its own mysterious terms. Plus gooning. <a href= "https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/"> The Goon Squad</a> by Daniel Kolitz [harpers.org] <a href= "https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gooning">"Gooning" definition</a> [urbandictionary.com] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hunger_Artist">A Hunger Artist</a> [wikipedia.org] <a href="https://www.kafka-online.info/a-hunger-artist.html">A Hunger Artist (full text)</a> [kafka-online.info]

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