Ben Sandman was born and raised in the Catskills in upstate New York. A graduate of Vassar College, he earned an MFA in fiction from Oregon State University and is currently a PhD student in creative writing at the University of Cincinnati. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Fiction Southeast, Stirring, The Susquehanna Review, The Allegheny Review, and Stone Canoe.
Ben Sandman
Articles
A Loose Collection of Fragments: On the Novels of Peter Weiss
The German novelist pioneered a kind of experimental realism reminiscent of contemporary autofiction.
Man Seeking Doppelgänger: On Peter Stamm’s “The Sweet Indifference of the World”
Ben Sandman reviews Peter Stamm’s recently released novel “The Sweet Indifference of the World,” translated by Michael Hofmann.
Fake News in Weimar Germany: Gabriele Tergit’s “Käsebier Takes Berlin”
Ben Sandman considers Sophie Duvernoy’s new translation of “Käsebier Takes Berlin” by Gabriele Tergit.
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