“[Percy’s] proper literary predecessor is “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” James Agee’s “inquiry into certain normal predicaments of human divinity.” Agee redefined perceptions of poverty in America and the limits of liberalism, of new deals...Agee placed himself inside his story, too. He forced readers to ask, Whom are we leaving behind?”
Guernica Magazine, We Kill Ourselves Because We Are Haunted
Harper's, Voice in the Night, November 2013
New York Times Sunday Book Review by Lea Carpenter, author of Eleven Days
New York Times Book Review EDITORS' CHOICE
O Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, BOOK CLUB, 14 Books to Pick up this Month
The Daily Beast, Brian Van Reet, Iraq veteran
Vela Magazine by Lauren Quinn
The Oregonian by Becky Ohlsen
Publisher's Weekly Book of the Week
BuzzFeed Long Reads
San Francisco Gate First sentences
Quivering Pen, David Abrams, author of FOBBIT,
Six Questions Harper's Magazine with Elizabeth Sherman
L.A. Times with Elizabeth Donnelly
Vogue Magazine with Thessaly LaForce
The Atlantic Monthly BY HEART column "Why Stories Not Science Explain the World"
Huffington Post with Ru Freeman
Barnes & Noble Guest Post Blog "Second Language"
Barnes & Noble Interview with Benjamin Percy
Bookforum with Meehan Crist