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Chanelle Benz

Chanelle Benz has published work in the New York Times, Guernica, Electric Literature and the O. Henry Prize Stories. Her novel The Gone Dead was a New York Times Books Review Editor’s Choice. Her story collection The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead was shortlisted for the 2018 Saroyan Prize.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 162 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 162 padlock

The Antigua Journals (What Is a Homeland)

Chanelle Benz

‘I am used to not belonging; it is, you could say, my brand.’

Chanelle Benz on reuniting with her father in Antigua.

Fiction | Issue 125
Fiction | Issue 125

The Diplomat’s Daughter

Chanelle Benz

‘Natalia used to be a wife. His name was Erik. His name was Viggo. His name was Christien. His name was Lucas. His name was Nils.’

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