Ben Somers


Location Bronxville, NY
Occupation Student
Website http://
IM (AIM) wasteofpaint1984

About Me

I am a graduate student in the MFA if Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College. I most write poetry and comic books actually but I also write short shorts. I enjoy a good book outside in the sun and a bottle of Coca-Cola.

Why do you write?

I can be influenced by anything really when it comes to poetry. An idea, a person, a movie, it doesn't really matter. I write because I think Poetry can be a powerful art form. It can mean different things to different people and I love that.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Poetry wise I mostly like contemporary writers: Joshua Beckman, Matthew Rorher, Mattea Harvey, Matthew Zapruder, Mark Yakich, Misty Harper. Favorite novelists include, but are not limited too: Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, F.Scott Fitsgerald, Bret Easton Ellis. Many more I'm zoning out on. Comic wise: Anything Mark Millar, The Walking Dead, Ultimates, Ultimate X-Men and Fantastic Four, Sin City.

Ben Somers's Wall

Corey Zeller – Nov 15, 2008

Wow, that sounds amazing! Good luck with the comic.
I'd love to hear more about it someday.

Corey Zeller – Nov 15, 2008

Fucking A, The Walking Dead is the shit!

How do you think Jewel from As I Lay Dying would stack up against Wolverine or Nick from In Our Time?

I am pretty sure that Wolverine would kick some ass.

Russell Brakefield – Nov 09, 2008

dude!

Kim Chinquee – Nov 09, 2008

Ben!!

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