Benjamin Markovits
Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin. He is the author of The Syme Papers, Either Side of Winter, Imposture, A Quiet Adjustment, Playing Days, Childish Loves and, You Don’t Have to Live Like This. He has published essays, stories, poetry and reviews on subjects ranging from the Romantics to American sports in the Guardian, Granta, the Paris Review and the New York Times, among other publications. In 2013 Granta selected him as one of their Best of Young British Novelists and in 2015 he won the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award. He lives in London and teaches creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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FictionFiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition
To Detroit
Benjamin Markovits
‘Things started going wrong at my ten-year college reunion – or I guess I mean that I realized how wrong they had gone.’
In ConversationIn Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Podcast: Ben Markovits
Yuka Igarashi & Benjamin Markovits
Benjamin Markovits is the author of six books: The Syme Papers, Either Side of Winter...
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Leagues Away
Benjamin Markovits
The first real job I ever had was playing basketball for a minor league team...
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You Don’t Have To Live Like This
Benjamin Markovits
‘It felt like everything that had happened to me in college, everything I had learned to be comfortable with, had produced this jerk standing naked in the water, splashing his best friend’s girlfriend in the chest.’