Discipline: Literature – fiction

Benjamin Nugent

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2014

Benjamin Nugent worked on a collection of short stories about a fraternity. His story "God" appeared in The Best American Short Stories of 2014. His books include Good Kids: A Novel and American Nerd: The Story of My People.

Studios

MacDowell

Benjamin Nugent worked in the MacDowell studio.

Built in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed walls were intended to be soundproof. Like many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the 1950s when the program began welcoming…

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