Benjamin Hedin is an American author of

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ian descent who has published widely. He is also a university professor and has written and produced two documentary feature films.

Biography

Hedin, son of poet and translator Robert Hedin, was born in

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, and raised in

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and

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. After studying music at the

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, he earned his M.F.A. in fiction from

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. He then began teaching, first at

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and The New School, then in the Expository Writing Program at

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Career

Hedin's fiction, essays, and interviews have been published in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Poets and Writers'', ''

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'', ''

The Georgia Review ''The Georgia Review'' is a literary journal based in Athens, Georgia. Founded at University of Georgia in 1947, the journal features poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, and visual art. The journal has won National Magazine Awards for Ficti ...

'', ''

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'', and ''Radio Silence''. He is the editor of ''Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader'', widely regarded as one of the finest collections of music writing, and the author of ''In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now''. He wrote and produced the documentary ''Two Trains Runnin and wrote the documentary '' MLK/FBI''. His debut novel, ''Under the Spell'' will be published by

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in 2021.

Published works

*''Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader'' (Hedin as editor), W. W. Norton & Company, 2005, *''In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now'', City Lights, 2015, *''Under the Spell: A Novel'',

, 2021,

Documentaries

*''Two Trains Runnin (Hedin as writer, producer), Avalon Films, 2016 *'' MLK/FBI'' (Hedin as co-writer, producer), IFC Films, 2020

References

External links

Benjamin Hedin website

Benjamin Hedin on IMDb
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