Ben Greenman

'Celebrity Chekov'

nydailynews.com | Gatecrasher | Posted 05.25.2011

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In "Celebrity Chekhov," out Tuesday from Harper Perennial, Ben Greenman, an editor at The New Yorker, has adapted the Russian literary great's 19th-c...

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Ben Greenman and the Sabbath Challenge to Unplug

Tanya Schevitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tanya Schevitz

Ben Greenman was the most recent person to take our Sabbath Manifesto "Unplug Challenge," cutting off his cell phone and computer for 24 hours last weekend.

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Getting To Know Ben Greenman In Five Easy Pieces

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Coggins

Ben Greenman is an editor in good standing at the New Yorker. You may not know that because they don't publish a masthead--but you see his pithy reco...

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Authors Ask: How Terrifying Will Our Future Be?

Alex Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Palmer

The thrills and terrors of where our world is headed served as the subject matter for Thursday night's "Bleak Horizons: Dark Visions of the Future" panel discussion at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO.

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Dog Days in the White House

Gershon Hepner | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gershon Hepner

Obama's dog, designed for water/that's Portuguese, enjoys its quarter/inside the White House. Known as Bo,/it, like its master, likes to go.

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The Shelf Talker: Floppy Disks, Lyndon Johnson and Narnia

Kevin Smokler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kevin Smokler

Welcome to The Shelf Talker, a regular rundown of news, gossip and recommendations from and about authors on book tour.

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