Zachary German (born December 17, 1988) is an American novelist and poet.
German's debut novel, "Eat When you Feel Sad" [1] was published by Melville House Publishing,[1] February 2010
"Eat When You Feel Sad" is a novel about a character named Robert set in an unnamed city. Consisting of a stream of declarative sentences, (subject, verb, object), this novel has been described as minimalist in tone and editing .
Noted influences for German's writing style include: Bret Easton Ellis, Lorrie Moore, Tao Lin, Ann Beattie
Zachary German was named one of Paper Magazine's Beautiful People of 2010 [2]
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Beginning in 2010, with the death of his previous internet radio show, Everytime A Police Officer Gets Shot I Throw a Party Radio, Shitty Youth generally appears on Sundays, depending on how depressed Zachary is.
For "Eat When You Feel Sad"
Online and print response to German's debut novel are mixed and include: Bookslut, The Rumpus, Time Out Chicago, Publisher's Weekly, Philadelphia City Paper, NYLON [3]
Dennis Cooper has said of Eat When You Feel Sad, “Zachary German’s nimble, catwalking, archeological, surface dwelling, emotionally unpaved prose is a thing of total wonder and my favorite drug, language-based or otherwise. Eat When You Feel Sad is so bright and pleasurable and full of excellence, it’s positively serene.”[1]
Tao Lin has said of Eat When You Feel Sad, "Moving, funny, emotional, and—in a revolutionary way—both highly-readable and avant-garde, Eat When You Feel Sad excites me very much in terms of literature and also life itself.” [1]
German's poems and prose have been published in:
Dennis Cooper's "Userland" anthology 2007,[4] 3:AM Magazine,[5] Bear Parade,[6] Muumuu House,[7] Small Distribution Press [8]