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Ben Philippe

Biography

Ben Philippe

Ben Philippe is a New York–based writer and screenwriter, born in Haiti and raised in Montreal, Canada. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and an MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He also teaches film studies and screenwriting at Barnard College. He is the author of the William C. Morris Award–winning novel THE FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TEENAGER. Find him online at www.benphilippe.com.

Ben Philippe

Books by Ben Philippe

Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend
by Ben Philippe - Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Racism

In an era in which “I have many black friends” is often a medal of Wokeness, Ben hilariously chronicles the experience of being on the receiving end of those fist bumps. He takes us through his immigrant childhood, from wanting nothing more than friends to sit with at lunch, to his awkward teenage years, to college in the age of Obama, and adulthood in the Trump administration --- two sides of the same American coin. Extremely timely, SURE, I’LL BE YOUR BLACK FRIEND is a conversational take on topics both light and heavy, universal and deeply personal, which reveals incisive truths about the need for connection in all of us.