Ben Metcalf author biography, plus links to books by Ben Metcalf.

Ben Metcalf

Ben Metcalf was born in Illinois in 1966, and raised in that state and later in rural Virginia. He was for many years the literary editor of Harper's Magazine. He has since taught at Columbia University's School of the Arts and joined the Lapham's Quarterly editorial board. His writing has appeared in The Baffler, Harper's Magazine, The Best American Essays, and elsewhere.

This biography was last updated on 01/06/2015.

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