Praise for Ben Greenman
"Just when you think Greenman has thoroughly excavated all available humor, he surprises with a snipe from an unforeseen direction."
- "Time Out New York
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"ÝGreenman¨ is not afraid to attach authentic sentiment and poke around at the poignant. It works, and it works quite well.... He constantly walks a narrative tightrope."
- "Atlanta Journal-Constitution
""It wouldn't do not to mention the genius 'Blurbs, ' which constructs an entire story out of made-up book-critic blurbs, including even one from this publication. Something extraordinary."
- "Kirkus "(STARRED review)
Praise for Ben Greenman
" Just when you think Greenman has thoroughly excavated all available humor, he surprises with a snipe from an unforeseen direction."
- "Time Out New York
"
" [Greenman] is not afraid to attach authentic sentiment and poke around at the poignant. It works, and it works quite well... . He constantly walks a narrative tightrope."
- "Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"" It wouldn't do not to mention the genius ' Blurbs, ' which constructs an entire story out of made-up book-critic blurbs, including even one from this publication. Something extraordinary."
- "Kirkus "(STARRED review)
A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both is a collection of stories about love, the most elusive and problematic of all phenomena. With a mix of traditional, literary prose and bold-some might even say irresponsible-experimentation, Ben Greenman explores the ins and outs of modern romance. Expect tears, nudity, and recrimination. From the half-hearted summer affair between a part-time bartender and a married doctor in a Miami hotel to the cryptic pseudo-erotic love letters to a friend who is "more than a friend," we experience the love of pop songs, the love of cohabitation in Chicago, and love that is so transporting it takes us to the moon-literally.
"Like Green Day did for punk rock, and The Matrix for kung-fu flicks, this new collection from New Yorker editor Greenman could well become an advocate for the short story with those who haven't been interested in the form. Amusing, palatable . . . it's precisely the sort of thing that can gain a new audience for a genre." "Time Out Chicago "
"A smart, tightly structured collection . . . playful, wryly comical." " The Brooklyn Rail "
"Seriously funny." "San Francisco Chronicle"
"Wildly inventive, sometimes surreal, but tenderly told, these stories give a glimpse of what Phillip K. Dick might have written if he'd allowed himself a sincere broken heart." "Paste Magazine"
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