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Benjamin Markovits

Benjamin Markovits
Benjamin Markovits is the author of eight novels, including Playing Days (Harper Collins) a fictionalized account of his years playing minor league basketball and Weekend in New York which features a tennis player preparing for the US Open. One of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists Markovits’ next novel, Christmas in Austin will be published by Faber & Faber US in November 2019, and a YA novel, Home Games is forthcoming from HarperCollins in Feb 2020.


A Good Conversation is Like a (Good) Game of Tennis

Benjamin Markovits on the Value of Making Contact
September 6, 2019  By Benjamin Markovits
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Parsing the Endless Nuances of British Stereotypes

And What it Means For Writing British Characters
February 19, 2019  By Benjamin Markovits
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On the Intensity of Watching Basketball Alone in a Foreign Country

Benjamin Markovits Was Not Going to Miss Jordan's Comeback
December 6, 2018  By Benjamin Markovits
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Why Do I Still Care If the US Men’s Basketball Team Wins Gold?

Benjamin Markovits on Winning Streaks and the Rest of the World
August 19, 2016  By Benjamin Markovits
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Saul Bellow: Of Crackpots and Conmen

An Appreciation by Benjamin Markovits
June 10, 2015  By Benjamin Markovits
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