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

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Career

Ehrenreich began working as a journalist in the alternative press in the late 1990s, publishing extensively in ''

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'' and ''

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''. His journalism, essays, and criticism have since appeared in ''

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'', '' The Believer'', and the ''

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''. He has reported from Afghanistan, Haiti, Cambodia, El Salvador, Mexico, and all over the United States. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award in feature writing for an article published in ''Los Angeles'' magazine. His first novel, ''The Suitors'', was published by

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in 2006. Reviewing it, the

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named him "a writer to watch" while ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Black Clock'', and many other publications. Ehrenreich teaches in the graduate writing program at

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. Ehrenreich's book ''The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine'' was published in 2016. It describes life in the Palestinian village of Nabi Salih and the villagers' struggle against the encroaching Israeli settlement of Halamish. ''

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

Personal

Ehrenreich is the son of best-selling author

Barbara Ehrenreich Barbara Ehrenreich (, ; ; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and aw ...

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Nickel and Dimed ''Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America'' is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Written from her perspective as an undercover journalist, it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on the working poor in ...

'') 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
Everything You See Is Real
short story in ''

'', Spring 2009
The Long Goodbye
article about the poet Frank Stanford, January 2008.
The End
article in ''

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'', December 2010.
In the Heart of the Homeland
article about border militarization in Arizona in '' Slake'', issue two. *''

'' Op-Ed
"Zionism is the Problem"
March 15, 2009.
Death on Terminal Island
article in ''

'', 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrenreich, Ben Living people American male journalists 21st-century American novelists 1972 births Journalists from Los Angeles American male novelists American Book Award winners 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews