Benedict Cosgrove has been a writer and editor, online and off, since the early 1990s. He helped launch websites like Wired’s Netizen and the National Magazine Award–winning LIFE.com; was managing editor for the pioneering online magazine, FEED; and has written for The New York Times, Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), and many others. His biography of an American original named Jim Miller, Nothing Bad Ever Happens (Small Batch Books), was published in 2017. He is also the editor of two anthologies, Covering the Bases and Gluttony, both from Chronicle Books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Benedict Cosgrove
Articles
Piracy and Power: A Conversation with Steven Johnson
Benedict Cosgrove interviews Steven Johnson, the author of “Enemy of All Mankind.”
What Dickens Knew About Trump
Benedict Cosgrove finds parallels between Charles Dickens' (in)famous "manipulator of larcenous minions" and Donald Trump.
Whatever You Say … Say Nothing: An Interview with Patrick Radden Keefe
Benedict Cosgrove interviews Patrick Radden Keefe, author of “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.”
A Quiver of Quislings
Benedict Cosgrove proposes a new collective noun, "a quiver of quislings."
Kicking “Charismatic” to the Curb
Benedict Cosgrove critiques "charismatic" leadership.
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