Benjamin Nugent is an American writer, best known for the book '' American Nerd: The Story of My People'' Neyfakh, Leon (2009-03-31)
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Biography

Benjamin Nugent is the author of the novel ''Good Kids'' (Scribner), the cultural history ''American Nerd'' (Scribner), and the short story collection ''Fraternity'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). His short stories have appeared in ''

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, and have been anthologized in '' The Best American Short Stories 2014'' and ''The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from the Paris Review''. His journalism has appeared in

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, The Atlantic, and n+1. He earned the Bachelor's in English from

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, and was an Arts Fellow at the

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at the

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, where he earned the MFA in fiction.

References

External links

Audio interview
regarding "American Nerd" on public radio program

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