The Wilding received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. "A contemporary Deliverance."

Ben scaled and hammocked the night in a 250-ft old growth Douglas fir. His article about it will appear in The Wall Street Journal this September.

Ben has a short story -- called "James Franco" -- that will appear in the September issue of Esquire.

Ben has an article in the June issue of Outside magazine called "Never Been to Disneyland."

Ben reads from his story -- "Heart of a Bear" -- published in the March/April issue of Orion. Download the podcast here.

USA Today has listed the illustrated adaptation of Refresh, Refresh as one of the top ten comics/graphic novels of the year.

In February of 2011 filmmaker James Ponsoldt will begin filming "Refresh, Refresh" on-site in Central Oregon

Dodge dropped off a one-ton Ram at Ben's house. He writes about the experience in the July issue of Esquire. Click here to read the article.

Interviewed by Carolyn Kellogg, LA Times/Jacket Copy, June 4, 2010

"The Iraq War Moves from Story to Comic to Film" Newsarama interview with Ben, James Ponsoldt and Danica Novgorodoff on the Refresh, Refresh graphic novel.

Interviewed by Kate McIntyre and Emily Wunderlich in the Missouri Review, Summer 2009.

June 2, 2009. Interviewed by Jessica Naudziunas at NPR-affiliate station WNIN, Indiana. To listen to the podcast click here.

July 15, 2008. Interviewed by Benjamin Pheiffer for "Ask the Writer" at Write Well.

April 24, 2008. Interviewed by Chris Williams for Popmatters.com.

March 24, 2008. Interviewed Jenny Shank at New West magazine. To read the interview, click here.

February 21, 2008. Alternet.org.  Interviewed by Courtney Martin.

January 31, 2007. Luna Park Review. Interviewed by Travis Kurowski.

November 14th, 2007. "The Literally Literal" WSUM, 91.7 FM, Madison. Interviewed by Andrew Hirshman. To listen to the podcast click here.

"The Sadness They Carried On Their Backs: A Profile Of Benjamin Percy" by Kris Babe. Poets & Writers. Fall/Winter 2007. To read the article (Adobe PDF) click here.

October 2007. Bookslut.com. Interviewed by Weston Cutter. To read the interview, click here.

September 12, 2007. The Source Weekly. Interviewed by Ellen Santasier. To read the interview, click here.

January 25, 2007. Interviewed by Jane Hamden for "Lake Effect" on WUWM, Milwaukee Public Radio. To download the podcast click here.

November 30, 2006. Interviewed by Craig Reinbold for the Shepherd Express. To read the interview click here.

October 25, 2006. Interviewed by Laura van den Berg for the Ploughshares blog.  To read the interview, click here.

September 19, 2006. Interviewed by David Medaris for Isthmus, the weekly arts newspaper of Madison, Wisconsin. To read the interview, click here.

June 20, 2006. Interviewed by Jane Hamden, "At Ten Show" - WUWM, Wisconsin Public Radio, FM 89.7. Click here to listen to a podcast of the Interview.

April 2, 2006. Interviewed by David Jasper of the Bend, Oregon Bulletin for a feature story in the Community Life Section on "Writing Stories the Color of Oregon" To read this article: Click Here

September 12, 2005. Live E-Panel: Long Time Writers, First Time Authors. Interviewed by Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writer's Network.