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Benjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic. The recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright , Guggenheim , and MacArthur Foundations, Lerner has been a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry , the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize for ...
Learn about Ben Lerner, a writer and editor who has won several awards for his poetry collections and novels. Explore his themes, styles, and influences, such as science, language, and public space.
Oct 8, 2019 · How Ben Lerner reinvented the social novel for a hyper-self-obsessed age. By GILES HARVEY OCT. 8, 2019. O ne evening in the mid-1980s, when he was 6 or 7, Ben Lerner appeared in the...
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Ben Lerner is a Kansas-born poet and novelist who has won several awards, including the 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Grant. He is the author of four poetry collections, including The Lights: Poems (2023), and two novels, 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station.
Sep 11, 2023 · In “The Lights,” Lerner has returned to that dream: “A dream in prose of poetry, a long dream of waking.” Like much of Lerner’s work, the book is full of uneasy divisions.
Sep 19, 2023 · Ben Lerner, a Poet/Novelist, Builds a Dream House of Words. After receiving plaudits for his recent novels, Lerner returns to verse with an expansive new collection, “The Lights.” Share full...
Jul 14, 2016 · A MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, Lerner was born in Topeka, Kansas, and educated at Brown University. He is currently the poetry editor at Harper’s and contributes fiction and essays to The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
