Ben Greenman





Ben Greenman

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Ben Greenman is an editor at The New Yorker whose short fiction, journalism, and essays have appeared there, The New York Times, McSweeneys, The Paris Review, and Zoetrope: All Story. He is the author of several acclaimed books of fiction, including Superbad, Superworse, A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both, Correspondences, and the novel Please Step Back. HIs new book of stories What He's Poised To Do: Stories was published in June of 2010.


Average rating: 3.52 · 605 ratings · 146 reviews · 15 distinct works
What He's Poised to Do: Sto...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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A Circle is a Balloon and C...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Superbad: Stories and Pieces
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Please Step Back
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Superworse - The Novel: A R...
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Correspondences
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“...as Abe Lincoln said, I was sick from my stovepipe hat to the worn out soles of my shoes.”
Ben Greenman, Superbad: Stories and Pieces

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