Ben Greenman

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Ben Greenman is a New York Times-bestselling author who has written both fiction and nonfiction. He is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction, including the short story collections What He’s Poised to DoSuperbadA Circle Is a Balloon and Compass Both, and the novels SuperworsePlease Step Back, and The Slippage. He is the co-author of the bestselling Mo' Meta Blues with Questlove, the bestselling  I Am Brian Wilson with Brian Wilson, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You? with George Clinton, and more. His fiction, essays, and journalism have appeared in the New YorkerNew York TimesWashington PostParis ReviewZoetrope: All StoryMcSweeney’s, and elsewhere, and have been widely anthologized. His most recent book is Emotional Rescue, a collection of music essays; his latest book is Dig If You Will The Picture, a meditation on the life and career of Prince.

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Short Stories 2018*

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