Career
His first novel,, was published by Melville House in 2010. German"s poems and prose have been published in Dennis Cooper"s Userland anthology, 3:Department of Administration and Management Magazine, Bear Parade, and Small Distribution Press. Was published by Melville House in February 2010.
lieutenant is about a character named Robert in an unnamed city.
Online and print response to was mixed. lieutenant has been reviewed in Bookslut, The Rumpus, Time Out Chicago, Publishers Weekly, Philadelphia City Paper, and Nylon.
Dennis Cooper has said of the book: “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. is so bright and pleasurable and full of excellence, it’s positively serene.”
Tao Lin has said of the book: "Moving, funny, emotional, and—in a revolutionary way—both highly readable and avant-garde, excites me very much in terms of literature and also life itself.”
In 2010, German started the internet radio show after the death of his previous internet radio show Every Time A Police Officer Gets Shot I Throw a Party Radio. generally broadcasts on Sundays. In November 2012, director Adam Humphreys released a documentary about German, also titled.