Luis Rosa

Luis Rosa is a philosopher who writes fiction and poetry. His work has appeared in the Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, Synthese, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Erkenntnis, among others. He’s taught philosophy and writing at Washington University in St. Louis, University of Cologne and Universidad Federal de Integración Latinoamericana, among other schools. Luis is currently working on his debut novel from Saarlouis, Germany.

Messengers

Marvin came back home from school looking troubled.
“What’s up, man?” Claudia said.
“Hm, I don’t know,” he said, “I just don’t know what the point of everything is.”
Claudia didn’t expect that. Ten-year old Marvin sounded like a nihilist. Wasn’t it a bit too early for that?