Jared Marcel Pollen&nbsp;was born in Canada and currently lives in Prague. His work has appeared in Quillette, 3:AM, The Smart Set, Areo, and&nbsp;The Millions.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-unified-field-of-loneliness/">The Unified Field of Loneliness</a>&nbsp;(2019) and the novel&nbsp;Venus&amp;Document&nbsp;(forthcoming).

Jared Marcel Pollen

Into the Maelstrom

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

The Way Out of the Fly-Bottle: Wittgenstein’s “Tractatus” at 100

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Critical Theory

In Kafka’s Prague

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

Jared Marcel Pollen&nbsp;was born in Canada and currently lives in Prague. His work has appeared in Quillette, 3:AM, The Smart Set, Areo, and&nbsp;The Millions.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-unified-field-of-loneliness/">The Unified Field of Loneliness</a>&nbsp;(2019) and the novel&nbsp;Venus&amp;Document&nbsp;(forthcoming).