Ben’s poetry appears or is forthcoming in About Place Journal, American Literary Review, Cream City Review, Nimrod International Journal, Portland Review, San Pedro River Review, Saranac Review, Sonora Review, The Journal, Tupelo Quarterly, West Trade Review, and elsewhere.

He is the editor of Equatorial Literary Magazine and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Queens University of Charlotte, where he served as poetry editor for Qu Literary Magazine.