The Topeka School by Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 pp. Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna and Child, ca. 1300, Metropolitan Museum of Art “Poet’s prose is mostly about being a poet,” wrote Susan Sontag. It is in this sub-genre, as poet’s prose, that one can place Ben Lerner’s novels, perhaps next to Eileen Myles’ scorching
Learning to Speak Again
Learning to Speak Again
Learning to Speak Again
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 pp. Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna and Child, ca. 1300, Metropolitan Museum of Art “Poet’s prose is mostly about being a poet,” wrote Susan Sontag. It is in this sub-genre, as poet’s prose, that one can place Ben Lerner’s novels, perhaps next to Eileen Myles’ scorching