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Le Point: Benjamin Whitmer, the writer who always aims for the heart
Delinquency, drugs, prison, violent death. Sitting in a Parisian restaurant, Benjamin Whitmer, handsome face, stormy blue eyes, declines the destinies that could have been his. We would not dare to write such a cliché if it were not for the truth of this man: literature saved him. Full interview here.
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Télérama: Benjamin Whitmer, crime author: “I seek to contrast the mythology of the American West with its reality”
Benjamin Whitmer may be an angry writer, but he smiles a lot, visibly delighted to talk about his literary work, which has still not been published in his own country, the United States. In France, it is at Gallmeister that we can read his chiaroscuro portrait of the American working class, inky black intrigues which…
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Le Télégramme: Benjamin Whitmer depicts the America of those left behind
In Dead Stars, his latest novel published by Gallmeister, Benjamin Whitmer tackles the violence in American society. The writer from Colorado is one of the guests of Le Goéland masque, the Penmarc’h black novel and comics festival. Full interview here.
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Ouest France: “I don’t believe in the American dream”
“I don’t think there’s a single thing made up about the factory in Dead Stars. Even the accident that takes place in the middle of the book is based on a real incident report.” Full interview here.
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Le Point: How France became the sanctuary of boycotted American authors
A fireplace flames happily in the heart of winter. Its fuel? The work of American writer Benjamin Whitmer . “I’m burning all my notes, because I’ve just sent Oliver Gallmeister the last volume […] of my trilogy. Oliver Gallmeister takes care of my career, distributes my books in Europe , allows me to devote myself…
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La Chronique des Amnesty International: The Master of neonoir
A profile in Amnesty International’s La Chronique in their February 2023 issue.