Ben Lerner is one of America’s most celebrated authors. Last year, he published The Topeka School to rave reviews in America and abroad, including a recommendation from former President Obama. His first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, won the 2012 Believer Book Award, and excerpts from 10:04 have been awarded The Paris Review’s Terry Southern Prize. He also has published three poetry collections: The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw (a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry), and Mean Free Path. Lerner is a former Fulbright Scholar, a Guggenheim Fellow, a MacArthur Fellow, and a finalist for the National Book Award.
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