Ben Lerner
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Lerner's newest work surprised me in its erudition, its subtlety, and its ability to perform prosodic magic in a way that should be deeply irritating and somehow isn't. It sometimes lapses into stream-of-consciousness, time/space/point-of-view slippages, and almost glossolalic bits of poetic language, but it never feels like a gimmick. It absolutely shouldn't be a page-turner, but it absolutely is.
At the core of the work is one of the most... (read more)
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