He is the editor of the 1996 book Exchanging Hats, a curated collection of artwork by the poet Elizabeth Bishop.
[5][6][7] In a Chicago Tribune review, Penelope Mesic writes, "Until now, the world has known Bishop by her poems, so crystalline, exact, complete and unpretentious that many regard her as the premier poet of her generation.
"[9] Benton co-edited Gods of Tin: The Flying Years, which is a collection of works by James Salter and described in a review by Publishers Weekly as "a splendid thing in a small package".
Lacy Crawford wrote in Narrative Magazine, “The novel is itself a poetic meditation on how desire attempts to shape the world.
[4] A review for Library Journal recommends the novel for large fiction collections, and states, "the elegance of Benton's poetic language is engaging, but it never quite compensates for this novel's slow pacing.