On Working with A.I. Phil to Find a Job

Ben Miller’s latest book—The Parade (April Gloaming Publishing)—earned the Moon Meridian Novella Prize. He is also the author of Pandemonium Logs (Rutgers University Press)—recipient of the 2025 Balcones Prize for Nonfiction—and River Bend Chronicle (Lookout Books), which was short-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Miller’s writing has been anthologized in Best American Essays and Best American Experimental Writing, and appeared in a wide variety of journals, including The Georgia Review, The Southern Review, New England Review, Salmagundi and One Story. His other awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Radcliffe Institute, and grants from the South Dakota Arts Council and the Schlesinger Library.