Ben Downing (writer) explained

Ben Downing (born April 17, 1967) is an American writer, editor, and teacher. Specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century British social life and literature (with a particular emphasis on travel writing), he has written essays, articles, and reviews on figures such as Robert Louis Stevenson,[1] Duff Cooper,[2] Robert Byron,[3] Anthony Powell,[4] Peter Fleming,[5] Wilfred Thesiger,[6] and Patrick Leigh Fermor.[7] His biography of Janet Ross, who for many years was the doyenne of Florence’s Anglo-American colony, was published in 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[8]

Downing also writes poetry. His collection The Calligraphy Shop appeared in 2003, and he continues to publish poems in The Atlantic,[9] The New Criterion,[10] The Yale Review,[11] and elsewhere.

Since 1993 Downing has worked at , of which he is currently the co-editor.[12] He has taught literary seminars and workshops at Columbia, Bryn Mawr,[13] and the 92nd St. Y,[14] and he currently teaches a small private class, known as The English Salon, for advanced non-native speakers of English. He lives in New York City and graduated from Harvard University.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/oldgypsynature-downing-3037 "An Old Gypsy Nature," The New Criterion, June 1998
  2. http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Duff-Cooper-s-game-book-1522 "Duff Cooper's Game Book," The New Criterion, March 2006
  3. http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Insolent-humanism-1577 "Insolent Humanism," The New Criterion, March 2004
  4. http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/powell-downing-2197 "Of Osberts and Evelyns," The New Criterion, May 2001
  5. http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Peter-Fleming-at-100-3154 "Peter Fleming at 100," The New Criterion, May 2007
  6. Web site: "On the Outlandish Life of Wilfred Thesiger," The New Criterion, November 2006 . 2012-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614100113/http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/downing-thesiger-2522 . 2011-06-14 . dead .
  7. http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Philhellene-s-progress--Patrick-Leigh-Fermor-2268 "Philhellene's Progress: Patrick Leigh Fermor," The New Criterion, January 2001
  8. http://skolnickagency.com/authors/downing-benjamin.html Author page, Irene Skolnick Literary Agency
  9. https://www.theatlantic.com/ben-downing/ Author page at The Atlantic
  10. http://www.newcriterion.com/author.cfm?authorid=84 Author page at The New Criterion
  11. Web site: Contributors page at The Yale Review . 2012-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130201190116/http://www.yale.edu/yalereview/backissues/974.html . 2013-02-01 . dead .
  12. http://parnassusreview.com/about-parnassus/masthead Staff at Parnassus: Poetry in Review
  13. Web site: Classes at Bryn Mawr . 2012-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019113126/http://www.brynmawr.edu/catalog/2005-06_archive/arts.php . 2013-10-19 . dead .
  14. http://www.newcriterion.com/posts.cfm/Classes-at-the-Y-5063 Classes at the 92nd St. Y
  15. Web site: Ben Downing Poetry Foundation.

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