Ben Greenman is contributing editor at The New Yorker. He is the author of ten books, including the novel “The Slippage” and the best-selling memoir “Mo’ Meta Blues” that he co-wrote with Ahmir-Khalib Thompson. His writing has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and Time Out New York. Greenman joined the staff of The New Yorker in 2000, and edited the magazine’s Goings On About Town section until 2014, when he became a contributing writer.