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Ben Berman

Teacher, Brookline High School

Current City
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Birth City
Portland, Maine, USA
Genre(s)
Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction
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Biography

Ben Berman is the author of three books of poems – Strange Borderlands, Figuring in the Figure, and Then Again — and the forthcoming book of essays, Writing While Parenting. He has won the Peace Corps Award for the Best Book of Poetry, has been shortlisted twice for the Massachusetts Book Awards and has received awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Poetry Club and Somerville Arts Council. Ben has been teaching for over twenty years and currently teaches creative writing classes at Brookline High School. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and two daughters.

Published Works

Poetry
Then Again (Vine Leaves Press, 2018)
Figuring in the Figure (Able Muse Press, 2017)
Strange Borderlands (Able Muse Press, 2013)

Prose
Writing While Parenting (Able Muse Press, 2023)

Links to Sample Works

Poetry

Prose

Subject Matter

Cultural Identity, Family, Jewishness, Marriage, Narrative, Parenting.