Question: Facts: - genre: short story , novel - spouse: heidi julavits - name: ben marcus - nationality: american - image: ben marcus 3041200.jpg - movement: experimental literature ; postmodernist - alma mater: new york university ; brown university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ben marcus .
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ben marcus -lrb- born 1967 -rrb- is the author of four books of fiction .his latest book , '' leaving the sea : stories '' , was published by alfred a. knopf in january 2014 .his stories , essays , and reviews have appeared in publications including '' harper 's '' , '' the new yorker '' , '' the paris review '' , '' granta '' , '' the new york times '' , '' gq '' , '' salon '' , '' mcsweeney 's '' , '' time '' , and '' conjunctions '' .he is also the fiction editor of '' the american reader '' .