Ben Ehrenreich

Ben Ehrenreich (born 1972) is an American freelance journalist and novelist who lives in Los Angeles.

Career

Ehrenreich began working as a journalist in the alternative press in the late 1990s, publishing extensively in ''LA Weekly'' and ''The Village Voice''. His journalism, essays and criticism have since appeared in '' Harper's'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The Nation'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', '' The Believer'', and the ''London Review of Books''. He has reported from Afghanistan, Haiti, Cambodia, El Salvador, Mexico and all over the United States. In 2011, he was awarded a National Magazine Award in feature writing for an article published in ''Los Angeles'' magazine.

His first novel, ''The Suitors'', was published by Counterpoint Press in 2006. Reviewing it, the ''American Library Association'' named him "a writer to watch" while ''Publishers Weekly'' called him "an original talent." Writing in BOMB, the novelist Frederic Tuten called The ''Suitors'' “truly a ravishing book.” Ehrenreich's short fiction has appeared in ''McSweeney's'', ''BOMB'', '' Black Clock'' and many other publications.

Ehrenreich also teaches in the graduate writing program at Otis College of Art and Design.

In 2016, he released another book, ''The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine'', describing life in the Palestinian village of Nabi Salih and the villagers' struggle against the encroaching Israeli settlement of Halamish. The book was praised by ''The Economist'' with the conclusion that "It should be read by friends and foes of Israel alike." A review in ''The New York Times'' called it a "weighty contribution to the Palestinian side of the scales of history."

In 2020, he released ''Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time''. ''The Los Angeles Times'' described the book as "a hybrid memoir, travelogue and metaphysical enquiry." ''The New York Times'' concluded that Ehrenreich has "built a potent memorial to our own ongoing end-times."

Personal

Ehrenreich is the son of best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich (''Nickel and Dimed'') and psychologist John Ehrenreich, and his sister is law professor Rosa Brooks.

Written works

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References

External links

benehrenreich.net
official website
Los Angeles Times Book Review, November 6, 2011Everything You See Is Real
short story in ''BOMB'', Spring 2009
The Long Goodbye
article about the poet Frank Stanford, January 2008.
The End
article in ''Los Angeles magazine'', December 2010.
In the Heart of the Homeland
article about border militarization in Arizona in '' Slake'', issue two.
*''Los Angeles Times'' Op-Ed
"Zionism is the Problem"
March 15, 2009.
Death on Terminal Island
article in ''Los Angeles magazine'', September 2008.
New York Times Book Review, May 14, 2006Truth (ii)
short story in '' SmokeLong Quarterly'', December 15, 2007
Interview
in '' SmokeLong Quarterly'', December 15, 2007
Jar of Marbles
short story in Significant Objects, November 2, 2009.

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Living people
American male journalists
Journalists from California
21st-century American novelists
1972 births
Writers from Los Angeles
American male novelists
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American Jews
21st-century American Jews