Talking with Benjamin Busch really helps motivate a person to get outside their comfort zone.
He’s a filmmaker, having written and directed the movie “Bright,” a photographer, and a writer of the published memoir, “Dust to Dust.” His essays have appeared in Harper’s, New York Times Magazine, and Newsweek, among others. He’s also an actor, best known for playing Officer Anthony Colicchio in "The Wire," and Major Todd Eckloff in "Generation Kill." And filling the time before and round all this, Ben served 16 years as an infantry and light armor reconnaissance officer, including the battle for Ramadi, and as de facto mayor of the Iraqi town of Najit during the occupation.
Among his many other pursuits nowadays, he teaches at the MFA program of Sierra Nevada College, where many of the contributors to "Incoming" have studied. This is an interview with him from the summer of 2015.
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