
Ben Greenman
Author · 13 books
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.
Books

Superbad
Stories and Pieces
2001

Please Step Back
2009

Mo' Meta Blues
The World According to Questlove
2013
Don Quixotic
2017

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Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
2016

Superworse - The Novel
2003

What He's Poised to Do
Stories
2010

Hip-Hop Is History
2024

A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both
Stories about Human Love
2007

The Slippage
2013

Emotional Rescue
Essays on Love, Loss, and Life--With a Soundtrack
2016

Hip-Hop Is History
2026

Dig If You Will the Picture
Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
2017