Matthue Roth has been living in Ditmas Park with his family for three and a half years. The author of Never Mind the Goldbergs, Candy in Action, Losers, and Yom Kippur A Go-Go was inspired to write his latest work, My First Kafka: Runaways, Rodents, and Giant Bugs, after witnessing his daughters' reactions to hearing Franz Kafka's story Jackals and Arabs.

We talked to the slam poet, Cortelyou Library fan, and husband/table busser to The Hester's Itta Werdiger Roth about the incredible response to My First Kafka, what inspired the writing that came before, and the journey to his favorite neighborhood in NYC.

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http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/art-music/matthue-roth-on-legos-all-his-best-plans-the-exception-that-is-ditmas-park