Ryan Bloom teaches English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. He received an MFA from The American University in Washington, DC. His work has previously appeared in places such as The Baltimore Sun, Bird and Moon, Bartleby, Horizon Magazine, and The Current. Presently, he is working on an English language translation of the final volume of Algerian-born author Albert Camus’ Notebooks 1951 – 1959.