Ben Tanzer
@BenTanzer
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Principal, HEFT Creative Strategies | Teacher | Storyteller | Coach | Podcaster l Lover of All Things Book, Run, Gin & Street Art
Chicago, IL
Joined January 2009
"A heartfelt if overstuffed tribute to the author’s father and the ameliorative power of art."*. After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema is Kirkus Reviews. @Igpublishing .@rwrkb . #Memoir .#Grief .#afterhours .#WritingCommunity
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RT @thirtywestph: Small press is so strange. One year, you may publish one book that’ll pay for an entire year. The next, mutilple books in….
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RT @RepJasmine: Bill Barr—the AG when Epstein died—was in the hot seat today. But let me remind you: DOJ owes us the Epstein files beginnin….
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RT @SarahEMcBride: What does my identity have to do with the fact that Trump is trying to rig our elections? Nothing —unless you’re as obse….
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RT @splitlipthemag: We are over the moon to learn that we have 🌜3 Best of the Net finalists 🌛 this year! Huge congratulations to Claudia Mo….
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RT @TommyDeanWriter: The first story/craft essay goes out today, and we meet this coming Thursday! There's still time to sign up! https://t….
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In which the Kurt Baumeister and I talk Twilight of the Gods at The National Book Review—and many thanks to the Elizabeth Taylor for that. @KurtBaumeister .@TheNationalBook .@etayloretayor . #twilightofthegods.#thenationalbookreview
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A belated and much beloved shout-out to the Best of the Net 2025 Fiction winners—and many thanks to the Best of the Net crew for honoring me with the opportunity to be this year's Fiction Judge. @SundressPub .@d_c_demaree . #bestofthenet2025
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RT @SundressPub: The 2025 Best of the Net Anthology is now available!. Thank you to our judges Ben Tanzer, Ruben Quesada, and Jen Soriano,….
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RT @Boondock60mm: It's National Book Lovers Day and here's a novel that'd love to be on your shelf.
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RT @WoodhallPress: 📚💙📖💙📚 Happy #BookLoversDay! 📚💙📖💙📚. Check out our site for these and more #mustread #books!. #WoodhallPress #NationalBook….
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RT @mmdevoe: Come see me tonight in Chicago! Reading & conversation with @BenTanzer Magnificent Mile has never seemed so lovely. August 7 a….
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All true, and why this isn’t recognized as a universal truth remains a great mystery to me.
Do what Ben tells you to do! His podcast will change your life!.
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RT @mmdevoe: I’m excited and honored to just be here!! And flattered and overwhelmed that @BenTanzer is going to talk to me about this book….
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RT @JasmineForUS: Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the….
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Hey Chicago, I'm excited (& honored) to support rock star New York City author @mmdevoe and her fantastic short story collection A Flash of Darkness at the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture this Thursday, August 7th @ 6:00 PM. Join us, yes? Cool.
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RT @thirtywestph: Crazy to think Thirty West is almost 10. We’ve advanced so far since start, yet want to grow. It’s one thing to drop book….
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RT @PenParentis: Chicagoland: Check out @mmdevoe and @bentanzer in "An Evening of Literature" on the Magnificent Mile - August 7th - 6pm f….
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Join us for a night with Milda Motekaitis DeVoe, the talented author of "A Flash Of Darkness" at Chicago by the Bean.
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This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Three Hundred and Sixty-Four - Perpetual Motion Machine, starring the Hosho McCreesh. Listen. Create. Share. (includes a loving lit shout-out to the @sunnyoutside716). @HoshoMcCreesh . #psalmsfromthebadlands.
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This episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life stars Hosho McCreesh (Psalms from the Badlands, Chinese Gucci, A Deep & Gorgeous Thirst & many others). It was recorded over the
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RT @thirtywestph: Thirty West + @SealeyChallenge .Many fine poetry books are on sale for 25% off with code SIZZLE. The sale is extended to….
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