Ben Tanzer



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Ben Tanzer

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url
http://www.goodreads.com/bentanzer

born
June 01, 1968

gender
male

place of birth
The United States

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member since
July 2007


about this author

I am the author of the novels Lucky Man (Manx Media, 2007) and Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine (Orange Alert Press, 2008) and the short story collection Repetition Patterns (CCLaP, 2008). I also compulsively blog at This Blog Will Change Your Life, the center of my vast, albeit faux media empire and oversee This Zine Will Change Your Life which I think you should read, link with and totally submit to. Cool?




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It is week forty-three of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our wholly self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. This week we are reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Mirakumi and soon we are going to write a piece about the relationship between running and writing, or at least our compulsions in both areas and how they must somehow inte... ...more
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avg rating: 4.14 | 85 ratings | 42 reviews | 3 distinct works | 12 fans
Most Likely You Go Your Way an... Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
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avg rating 4.00 — 38 ratings — published 2008
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Lucky Man Lucky Man
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avg rating 4.22 — 36 ratings — published 2007
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Repetition Patterns Repetition Patterns
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avg rating 4.36 — 11 ratings — published 2008
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What I Talk About Wh... 11/07 Ben is currently reading:
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Put Your Head In My... 10/16 Ben is currently reading:
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The Runner's Literar... 07/21 Ben is currently reading:
The Runner's Literary Companion: Great Stories and Poems About Running (Hardcover)
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November 07
What I Talk About Wh... Ben is currently reading:
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover)
by Haruki Murakami
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October 29
Conquering Venus Ben gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Conquering Venus (Paperback)
by Collin Kelley (Goodreads author)
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Ben Ben said: "I am going to file Conquering Venus under books I might not have read, but did because I met the author, was quite taken with him, found myself intrigued, started reading and then quickly lost myself in this near otherworldly tale of romance, revolut...more "
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Put Your Head In My... Ben is currently reading:
Put Your Head In My Lap
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September 30
Dear Everybody Ben gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Dear Everybody (Hardcover)
by Michael Kimball
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Ben Ben said: "So, here's the thing, you know there is pain to come. What you also quickly know is that the experiencing said pain is going to be highly engrossing. And what you ultimately find out - spoiler alert, maybe - is that a book about child abuse, mental i...more "
September 20
Too Young to Fall As... Ben gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Too Young to Fall Asleep (ebook)
by Sally Weigel
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Ben Ben said: "Too Young to Fall Asleep takes something we all think we know, high school, and intersects it with something we don't yet understand, the impact of the Iraq War. What's unique of course, is that it seeks to accomplish all this, just as movies like In...more "
September 13
Bad Monkey Ben gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Bad Monkey (Paperback)
by Curtis Smith (Goodreads author)
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Ben Ben said: "Early on it seems to have a violent Little Odessa thing going for it, but that's not really what's happening here, yes, there is violence, but there is also pathos, sadness and triumph too. In fact, it took me a little while to see how these pieces h...more "
September 10
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Ben made a comment on Corey's review of Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
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