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Benjamin Harnett was born in 1981 in Cooperstown, NY. He attended Hamilton College. After graduating in 2000, he went to work at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania on a study of the Internet and the election. He moved to Seattle in 2001, then Florence, Italy. On his return, he studied Classics at Columbia University. He took a gig writing encyclopedia entries, then started work at a midtown fashion company helping with their computers and working in garment production. In 2005, with Toni Hacker, he co-founded Hayden-Harnett, a cult-favorite fashion brand.
He took up work as a digital engineer at The New York Times in 2012, where he continues to be employed today. He was an organizer in the effort that helped its tech workers win a historic union. He currently serves on the Unit Council and as a shop steward. Toni and Benjamin married in 2014. In 2017 they moved to Beacon, NY, where she founded Beacon Mercantile. They divide their time between Beacon and their cabin in Roseboom, NY, and have a collection of eccentric but lovable pets.
Benjamin holds an MA in Classics from Columbia, and is the author of 2017’s “Diffusion of the Codex,” an important paper on the origins of the modern book. He has published scores of short stories, poems, and essays in venues like The Evansville Review, Saranac Review, Entropy, Aeon, Juked, been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, and had his story “Delivery” selected as Longform’s Fiction of the Week. He is the author of the poetry collection Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (2020), and the chapbook Last Cut (2000).
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