PinnedBenjamin OblerLiterary Art at the Junction of Life and DeathA hybrid factual account / report from the editorial trenches, with some lessons for novelists deeply encoded·9 min read·Apr 9, 2024----
Benjamin OblerThe Sock Thief of ParisHe hangs by his fingertips, the sock thief who has been making headlines and causing gossip in the seventeenth district — called an…·5 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
Benjamin OblerThe Fascinating FaceThe face is a fascinating thing. Over thousands of years, through evolutionary necessity, humans have evolved a complex system for…·6 min read·Mar 6, 2024----
Benjamin OblerBlogs as Art?Recently, Longreads published a piece exploring the place of the blog in the literary space. Thirty years has passed since the first blog…·6 min read·Nov 6, 2023----
Benjamin OblerFairy God RockerRecollections upon the passing of Chris Cornell. From the archive, 2017·10 min read·Oct 31, 2023----
Benjamin OblerThe Gaslight ChroniclesAnother home-brewed piece à la The New Yorker’s Shouts & Murmurs column — from the archive, Jan 2019·5 min read·Oct 21, 2023----
Benjamin OblerJudy & Merv: A Case of Technophilic Colonization of a Heartening Love StorySomething from the vault to get us through 2023·8 min read·Sep 8, 2023----
Benjamin OblerPatience and Perspective in Zone 3Fiction writers, celebrate your success and accept the failures.·6 min read·May 16, 2023----