Susan Bernofsky has published two books of ction by Robert Walser (Masquerade, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990; The Robber, Nebraska University Press, 2000), a memoir by Gregor von Rezzori (Anecdotage, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995) and many short texts in magazines. She is an assistant professor of German at Bard College, and collaborates frequently with Yoko Tawada.