Ben Shattuck, author portrait
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Ben Shattuck

Ben Shattuck is the author of Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau, which was a New Yorker Best Book of 2022, a Wall Street Journal Best Book of Spring, a New York Times Best Book of Summer, a New England Indie Bestseller, and was nominated for the Massachusetts Book Award. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and winner of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and a Pushcart Prize. He lives with his wife and daughter on the coast of Massachusetts, where he owns and runs the oldest general store in America, built in 1793. He is also the director and founder of the Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency.
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THE MUSIC HALL In conversation with Ian Aldrich
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Thu Jul 24 | 07:00 PM
THE MUSIC HALL In conversation with Ian Aldrich
28 CHESTNUT ST
PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801-6606
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Thu Aug 07 | 05:00 PM
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMORARY ART
1040 MASS MOCA WAY
NORTH ADAMS, MA 01247-2499
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Fri Oct 17
BRATTLEBORO LITERARY FESTIVAL
BRATTLEBORO, VT 
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