Graywolf Press has purchased Ben's novel, The Wilding, for release in late 2009.

In the fall of 2008, Ben will begin teaching in the MFA program at Iowa State University.

Dodge dropped off a one-ton Ram at Ben's house. He writes about the experience in the July issue of Esquire. Click here to read the article.

Filmmaker James Ponsoldt, representing the "Refresh, Refresh" screenplay, was selected as a "Fast Track" fellow at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival. To read the article in Forbes, click here.

Articles

Essays

Radio

Book Reviews

ARTICLES:

"75 Books Every Man Should Read" with Bret Anthony Johnston. Esquire, 75th Anniversary Issue, 2008. (Also sent to 20,000,000 readers on the Barnes & Noble email list.)

"Asshole on Board" Esquire , July 2008

"Exit Devil" Men's Journal, February 2008.

"A Nice Thought" Experience Magazine, Spring 2008

"The Virtual Workout" Men's Journal, January, 2008

"The Great Novel I Never Read" Slate, October 30, 2007

"I Heart Bacon" Esquire, December, 2007

"Voice of the Ozarks" Esquire, October 2007

"Daddy's Got a Gun" Esquire.com, September 2007. Click here to read.

Profile of Hayward, Wisconsin as part of "Best Telecommuting Towns" feature. Men's Journal, March 2007

RADIO:

"The Merit of a Man." For All Things Considered, National Public Radio, September, 17 2007. Click here to listen to the podcast.

"Bottles in a Midnight Sea" Mississippi Review, Fall 2008

"A Dark Kind of Pleasure" Opium Magazine, Volume 6, Spring 2007

"The Huntsman" The Other Chechov. New American Press, 2007

"Five Westerns I Will Never Stop Reading" Frost Proof Review, Spring 2007

"Wal-Mart and the Apocalypse and Me" Green Mountains Review, Spring 2007

"In the Quiet Depths of Cattle Land" Wisconsin Academy Review, January 2006

"The Only Thing Worse Than Boring Porn is Chuck Palahniuk's New Novel About Boring Porn," a review of Chuck Palahniuk's Snuff , June 2008. Esquire.com

"Still King," a review of Stephen King's Duma Key, Esquire.com , February 2008

"The After Story," a review of Larry Watson's Sundown, Yellow Moon . Esquire.com. December 2007.

“Blood on his Hands,” a review of Percival Everett's The Water Cure, Esquire.com, October 2007

“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, The Capital Times, December 22, 2006

“The Traveler” by John Twelve Hawks, The Capital Times, December 23, 2005

“Between Camelots” by David Harris Ebenbach, The Capital Times, November 11, 2005

“Novel” by George Singleton, The Capital Times, September 9, 2005

“If You Lived Here I'd Know Your Name” by Heather Lende, The Capital Times, August 26, 2005

“The Coast of Akron ” by Adrienne Miller, The Capital Times, August 12, 2005

“The Evil B.B. Chow” by Steve Almond, The Capital Times, May 6, 2005

“The Vagabonds” by Nicholas Delbanco, The Capital Times, March 11, 2005 

“Let's Do” by Rebecca Meacham, The Capital Times, February 5, 2005

“Five Shades of Shadow” by Tracy Daugherty, Crab Orchard Review, Spring 2004