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Benjamin Taylor
Known for elegant memoir, fiction, and literary biography, he writes with a sharp eye for family life, memory, and the inner dramas of friendship. His work often brings intellectual subjects down to a human scale, making complicated lives feel intimate and alive.
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Storyology: Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore
by Benjamin Taylor
About the author
Born in 1952 and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Benjamin Taylor is an American writer whose work spans novels, memoir, essays, and biography. He studied at Haverford College and later earned a Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University.
His writing has appeared in major publications including The Atlantic, Harper’s, and Esquire. Among his best-known books are the memoir Here We Are and Chasing a Ghost, his book about Philip Roth, which draws on a long friendship to explore both the writer and the man.
Taylor has also taught and has been recognized for his literary work with an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Across genres, he is often drawn to questions of identity, family, culture, and the complicated ways people remember one another.