Ben Lerner

Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1979, Ben Lerner holds a BA in political science and an MFA in creative writing from Brown University and teaches at Brooklyn College. The author of three books of poetry: The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, and Mean Free Path, Mr. Lerner has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Northern California Book Award, a Fulbright Scholar in Spain, and the recipient of a 2010–2011 Howard Foundation Fellowship. In 2011 he became the first American to win the Preis der Stadt Münster für Internationale Poesie. Leaving the Atocha Station is his first novel.

Books Authored

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Author(s):
Ben Lerner
Genre(s):
Fiction

10:04: A Novel

September 1, 2014
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

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Author(s):
Ben Lerner
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Humor

Leaving the Atocha Station

July 15, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Michael Adelberg

“Mr. Lerner can set aside the self-doubt: Leaving the Atocha Station proves he’s a droll and perceptive observer, and a first-rate novelist.”

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