Ben Ehrlich

My new book THE BRAIN IN SEARCH OF ITSELF comes out March 15 from FSG. A biography of legendary brain scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, born in a mountaintop village in northern Spain and winner of the Nobel Prize for discovering neurons. Pre-order here! benehrlich.com/preorder-now-1

What’s your favorite word to say? Mine’s “specificity.”

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My short story "The Master Mourner" has been selected for The Best American Short Stories 2023. I am honored. Thank you to series editor @HeidiPitlor and guest editor @minjinlee11. @MarinerBooks @GburgReview

@ilanaslightly @CenSynNYC My parents love her. My Mom just sent me her sermon from last week.

I appreciate Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl of @CenSynNYC so much 🙏🙏🙏

@ArtButSports @Lakers Dude, you are a #$%^king genius.

1944-N No. 2, by Clyfford Still, 1944 #dennisschroder

@ilanaslightly Good vibes!

I am so stressed 😩😩😩😩

@WillBoast @tportnowitz This song is great. Thank you!

When I get a little worn out on NYC jazz (chops for all the Berklee kids) and London jazz (all-purpose skittery beats for post-post-Trane noodling), I go to Scandi-jazz, in which they come up with compositions like this. Thanks @tportnowitz for the rec. youtube.com/watch?v=3ABE0G…

Aeon published an essay I wrote about the history of histology, visualizing brain cells, and Cajal’s modern legacy: aeon.co/essays/the-sen…

Benjamín Labatut, a writer whom I admire, reviewed my book in The New York Times: nytimes.com/2022/06/22/boo…

Nautilus Magazine published this article I wrote about Cajal's unexpected study of ants: nautil.us/i-have-to-admi…

@ilanaslightly I went for a long walk today because we went on a long walk yesterday and it felt good!

Okay, I'm getting tired of my own pity party feelings today! So please do share: What's something you did or experienced or saw that gave you a moment of joy today?

@FdeCastroS @ScienceMagazine @SciMagBooks @behaviOrganisms Thank you for saying that!

@ScienceMagazine @SciMagBooks The book by @benehrlich11 is very good and the comment by @behaviOrganisms, almost perfect...!

Drawing the mind, one neuron at a time: A new book walks readers through the life and work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Spaniard whom many consider the founder of modern #neuroscience. Read a new review from @SciMagBooks: fcld.ly/9m65khr

@jiaying_xu Thank you so much!

Apart from my book, @GburgReview published a short story of mine in their new issue. gettysburgreview.com

I wrote this piece about my book for LitHub on genius, biography, and neurons. lithub.com/the-mysterious…

@ilanaslightly Let's go sometime!

A totally random insight I just had about myself: I'm a person who really likes museums when I'm there but I never think of going to one on my own.

@ilanaslightly ☺️

Happy belated book launch to @benehrlich11, on THE BRAIN IN SEARCH OF ITSELF: us.macmillan.com/books/97803741…

@porchlightbooks Thank you!

The Brain in Search of Itself by @benehrlich11 is one of our Books To Watch this week! Check out the article below to learn a bit more about the book's subject, Nobel Prizer winner and neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal.

@annNYC100 @fsgbooks Thanks, Ann! Hope all is well.

My book The Brain in Search of Itself is out today with @fsgbooks !

@ARealCharles @fsgbooks Thanks, @ARealCharles . I enjoy following you on Twitter and hope all is well.

@benehrlich11 @fsgbooks Nice, congrats Ben!