Ben Lerner is the author of three books of poetry: The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, and Mean Free Path, all published by Copper Canyon Press. His first novel was Leaving the Atocha Station, from Coffee House Press. In 2011 he became the first American to win the Preis für International Poesie der Stadt Münster. His new novel is 10:04.
"Laser technology has fulfilled our people's ancient dream of a blade so fine that the person it cuts remains standing and alive until he moves and cleaves. Until we move, none of us can be sure that we have not already been cut in half, or in many pieces, by a blade of light. It is safest to assume that our throats have already been slit, that the slightest alteration in our postures will cause the painless severance of our heads."
– Ben Lerner
ARTICLES FEATURING BEN
No Direction Home: On Ben Lerner’s “The Topeka School”
Natasha Boyd visits "The Topeka School," the new novel by Ben Lerner....
Like a Poem: On Ben Lerner’s “The Hatred of Poetry”
Brandon Kreitler on Ben Lerner's "The Hatred of Poetry"....
Damned Poetry: On Ben Lerner’s “The Hatred of Poetry"
Becca Rothfeld on Ben Lerner's "The Hatred of Poetry"....
Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth: On Ben Lerner's Latest
Ben Lerner’s 10:04 — bighearted, meticulously constructed achievement....
Imperfect Strollers: Teju Cole, Ben Lerner, W.G. Sebald, and the Alienated Cosmopolitan
The evolution of the flâneur...
Still Hungry
On Ben Lerner's "Leaving the Atocha Station."...
