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Young Writers Society


BenFranks

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About BenFranks

Former journalist turned wine merchant who really wants to write a novel one day.


Interests

Comedy, politics, travel, wine and people.

Occupation

Wine guy.


The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch