H. G. ADLER was the author of twenty-six books of fiction, poetry, philosophy, and history. A survivor of the Holocaust, Adler later settled in England and began writing novels about his experience. Adler died in London in 1988. PETER FILKINS is the award-winning translator of Ingeborg Bachmann as well as the author of two books of poems, and teaches writing and literature at Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Peter Filkins is a poet and teaches literature at Bard College at Simon's Rock.