P.J. Blumenthal was born in the Bronx and has been living in Munich for many years. Three chapbooks of his poetry appeared before he left the U.S. Only recently has he returned to writing in English. A nonfiction book on feral man, Kaspar Hausers Geschwister (Kaspar Hauser’s Siblings), was published this year. His German-language blog, Der Sprachbloggeur, has been running for ten years and enjoys a solid readership. He recently completed a novel, Adrian Goodbody–Man in the Middle. He can be reached at pjb@sprachbloggeur.de.