The Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies recently published the fourth title in its Chapbook Series: Franz Kafka’s Josephine the Singer or The Nation of the Mice, translated by Karin Doerr, Barbara Galli, and Gary Evans. Printed by Gaspereau Press, this slim, beautifully made book contains a new translation of Kafka’s last short story as well as an essay by Doerr. Doerr’s thoughtful, precise, and accessible essay places Kafka’s story in the context of German anti-Semitism of the early 1920s and analyzes Kafka’s Jewish identity within that context. Kafka’s story is rich but dense, and Doerr’s essay provides readers with some guidelines with which they can navigate the work, whether they are already familiar with Kafka’s writing or not. The Chapbook Series, published by Hungry I Books, the publishing arm of the Institute, has four other publications and is dedicated to publishing translations, documents, and scholarly essays on Canadian Jewish history. mRb