My forthcoming book is “Opa Nobody,” and the story traces the life of my German grandfather, as I try to get him to explain how I should live my life. I never knew him, but I tried to reconstruct him in order to ask him about the struggles of trying to change the world while being a part of a family. The book alternates between pieces of memoir and pieces of fictionalized scenes from my grandfather’s life, based on research. It’s due out, at least right now, in Spring 2008 from University of Nebraska Press. I’m going to start keeping track of the process.