Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy is the author of a novel, The Wilding, and two books of short fiction, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. He is a regular contributor to Esquire. His honors include a Whiting Award, the Plimpton Prize, and a Pushcart Prize. He teaches in the MFA program at Iowa State University.

Nonfiction – Issue 10

•The Nameless Pioneer: James Salter’s “Akhnilo”

There are always so many things I could be doing, I tell my students, other than reading their stories. I could eat a bagel. I could watch one of those haunted-castle shows on cable. Sweep out my garage. Fiddle with…

Fiction – Issue 8

The Tree

When the wind blows, the tree dances—its branches bending—and sings—its needles hissing, its trunk moaning, crick-crack—for her.