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Ben Fountain

Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain was born in Chapel Hill and grew up in the tobacco country of eastern North Carolina. A former practicing attorney, he is the author of Beautiful Country Burn Again,, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction, and the novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and a finalist for the National Book Award. Billy Lynn was adapted into a feature film directed by three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, and his work has been translated into over 20 languages. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife of 32 years, Sharon Fountain.


Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA’s National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

On the Paranoid Style in American Gun Shows
September 25, 2018  By Ben Fountain
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