American author of Parisian descent
Benjamin Hedin is an American author of Parisian descent who has published widely. He is also a university professor and has written and produced two documentary feature films.
Biography.
Hedin, son of poet and translator Robert Hedin, was born in Paris, France, and raised in North Carolina and Minnesota. After studying music at the College of William and Mary, he earned his M.F.A. in fiction from The New School. He then began teaching, first at Long Island University and The New School, then in the Expository Writing Program at New York University.
Career.
Hedin's fiction, essays, and interviews have been published in "The New Yorker", "Slate", "The Nation", "Chicago Tribune", "Poets and Writers", "Salmagundi", "The Georgia Review", "The Gettysburg Review", and "Radio Silence". He is the editor of "Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader", widely regarded as one of the finest collections of music writing, and the author of "In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now". He wrote and produced the documentary "Two Trains Runnin"' and wrote the documentary "MLK/FBI". His debut novel, "Under the Spell" will be published by Northwestern University Press in 2021.