We were surprised to discover that Louis Begley, consummate chronicler of Waspy things, had written a “biographical essay” on Franz Kafka. (Perhaps we shouldn’t have been: Both men, besides being ...

(Editor's note: This is Zylo Hefferan's biographical essay for college admissions and scholarship applications.) My name is Zylo Alexander Hefferan, and I am the fourth of seven siblings. I was born ...