Darryl J. Benjamin

Fiction · Essays · The living world

Stories for a world coming apart.

I write literary and speculative fiction about ecology, intimacy, power, and the strange machinery of ordinary life.

Selected work

Stories, essays, and forthcoming publications

Essay · Forthcoming

“Framing Catastrophe in the First Two Paragraphs”

CRAFT, forthcoming October 2026

Story · Forthcoming

“Graft”

The Milk House, forthcoming October 2026

Creative nonfiction · Forthcoming

“Loitering in Twilight”

Astrolabe, forthcoming

The book

Farm to Table

Farm to Table: The Essential Guide to Sustainable Food Systems for Students, Professionals, and Consumers, co-authored with Chef Lyndon Virkler and published by Chelsea Green in 2016.

A clear-eyed guide to the systems behind the food on our plates—and the choices that can make those systems healthier, fairer, and more sustainable.

About

Darryl J. Benjamin

I am a writer and educator whose work moves between speculative fiction, literary fiction, and essays. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA in English Literature from McGill University. I have taught writing and sustainable food systems at colleges in New England.

Recognition

Selected honors

Correspondence

For readings, interviews, and notes.

For publication inquiries or a good conversation about stories, write to me.