Benedict Cosgrove

Ben Cosgrove is a Brooklyn-based writer and the editor of two well-received anthologies, Covering the Bases (a collection of classic sportswriting) and Gluttony. His work has appeared in Salon, TIME, the Washington Post, Deadspin, Huffington Post and elsewhere.

COOL EYE

Meet the Photographer Who Caught Bob Dylan in His Prime

Jerry Schatzberg shot everybody who was anybody in the ’60s, from Hendrix to Castro, and went on to make great movies. But his photographs of Dylan are in a class by themselves.

Benedict Cosgrove

Write in the Mouse!

I’m a Liberal—but I Won’t Vote for Bill de Blasio

Alas, one gets the sense that de Blasio sees his successes as evidence that he is now, or is destined to be, not just a national political figure but an international force.

Benedict Cosgrove

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Bloomsday

How Judge Woolsey Set ‘Ulysses’ Free

James Joyce’s novel is arguably the most influential of the last century, but it might never be read, in the U.S. at least, but for the wisdom of the judge who forbade its censorship.

Benedict Cosgrove

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ZONKED

The Podcast That Bores You to Sleep

Most listeners will never hear a full episode of Drew Ackerman’s podcast—and that’s the point.

Benedict Cosgrove

AWE

The Science Writer Our Planet Needs Now

Loren Eiseley’s revelatory works pondered the complex forces that brought forth this vibrant, beautiful planet—while acknowledging humanity’s, and our world’s, impermanence.

Benedict Cosgrove

Benedict Cosgrove

Meet the Photographer Who Caught Bob Dylan in His Prime

I’m a Liberal—but I Won’t Vote for Bill de Blasio

How Judge Woolsey Set ‘Ulysses’ Free

The Podcast That Bores You to Sleep

The Science Writer Our Planet Needs Now

How One American Family Fought the Nazis

Hemingway’s Messy Legacy Gets Messier

Game of Thrones’s Other Great Novelist

George Orwell’s Ode to Springtime

The Forgotten Pearl Harbor Revenge Raid