Press Room
Below, please find a selection of links to more information about Ben Fountain and his books, including links to interviews, features, and reviews online.
Authors Ben Fountain and Jess Walter discuss writing political fiction with host Wiley Cash for Floodplain Books (March 2026)
Ben Fountain interviewed by Wiley Cash for Our State Magazine (December 2025)
Ben Fountain talks about writing Devil Makes Three
Promo for upcoming episode on About the Authors TV (April 2025)
Dallas News: The Great Ben Fountain Left Dallas, but Dallas May Never Let Him Go, by Sarah Hepola (January 2025) pdf version
Ben Fountain is Finalist for 2024 Texan of the Year
Ben Fountain Wins 2024 Thomas Wolfe Prize, awarded by the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill (October 2024)
Ben Fountain Wins 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize from New Literary Project (May 8, 2024)
Storytellers’ Studio: Anarchy in Haiti: An interview with Ben Fountain on ‘Devil Makes Three’ (Nov 17, 2023)
B&N Podcast: Poured Over Double Shot: Nathan Hill and Ben Fountain (Sep 19, 2023)
D Magazine: Dallas Author Ben Fountain Returns With a Trip to Haiti, by Zac Crain (Sep 7, 2023)
The Wrath-Bearing Tree: “I Like the Real Stuff”—WBT Interviews Ben Fountain (2019)
The Guardian: Malcolm Gladwell meets Ben Fountain: ‘So much of politics is absurd and dumb’ (2018)
Dallas News: Ben Fountain explains the roots of his righteous rage in ‘Beautiful Country Burn Again’, by Chris Vognar (2018) pdf version
Texas Monthly: Ben Fountain Undoes Dallas, by Jeff Salamon (2012)
D Magazine: How Ben Fountain Overcame Being Called a Genius, by Zac Crain (2012)
The New Yorker: Late Bloomers, by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)
In Stores June 2026
One of Lithub‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2026
Named a Best Book of Summer by the L.A. Times & Kirkus
“A comic masterpiece. The current administration is finally getting the book it deserves.”
—Kirkus (Starred Review)
