Michael Aaron Rockland Interview on NJ Discover

Michael Aaron Rockland was recently interviewed by Calvin Schwartz as part of the ongoing series “Conversations with Calvin: WE the SpecIES” on NJ Discover. The interview is entitled “Why, How, and What I Write About” mentions Rockland’s new novel Married to Hitler along with his thoughts about writing.

Married to Hitler is about Adam Levin, a Jewish, thirty-something college professor going through a divorce in the mid-1970s. He lives in a typical New Jersey suburban town, but nothing is typical about Adam Levin—he’s obsessed with Adolf Hitler and anything German. Adam Levin’s internal and external wanderings are filled with uncomfortable and bizarre situations leading to zany and hilarious outcomes. Only Adam Levin can go on vacation to see the Grand Canyon and fall deeply in love with a German lesbian, who proclaims he is “married to Hitler” and needs to escape his past and embrace a new future—one divorced from Hitler.

Michael Aaron Rockland is Professor of American Studies at Rutgers University and the author of fifteen books—fiction, memoir, scholarship and creative nonfiction. Five of his books have received awards. His first book, Sarmiento’s Travels in the United States in 1847 was chosen by The Washington Post as one of the fifty best books of the year. His novel, A Bliss Case, was a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year.” A book he co-wrote, Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike, was chosen by the New Jersey State Library as one of the “Ten Best Books Written on New Jersey.” Two other books of his were awarded first prize by the New Jersey Studies Alliance. Married to Hitler is his fourth book published by Hansen Publishing Group.