Benjamin Hedin

Benjamin Hedin is an American author of Parisian descent who has published widely. He is also a university professor.

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.

Hedin's fiction, essays, and interviews have been published in The New Yorker, Slate, The Nation, The 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. He is currently finishing a novel, The Price You Pay, and is also the producer and author of the forthcoming documentary The Blues House. His forthcoming book is In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now will be published in February 2015.