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Books by Ben Lerner mentioned on podcasts
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The Topeka School
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner is a deeply resonant and intricate novel that explores the shifting tactics and complex politics of high school debate in the American Midwest during the 1980s and 1990s.
Discussed“and then you know Kansas Ben learner's Trilogy you know especially the Topeka school but if it is an autofictional three-part story of a boy man who is very closely based on the author himself who was born in TOA Kansas”
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Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that follows an American poetry fellow in Madrid as he navigates art, language, alienation, and the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Discussed“his first novel leaving Thea station which was published by a wonderful independent press out of Minneapolis just kind of came out of nowhere”
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Transcription
Transcription by Ben Lerner is a slim, intellectual novel spanning roughly 120 pages that explores complex ideas through a sharp narrative style.
Recommended“And the one that I want to talk about next, one of my favorite books of the year, is so slim. Like 120 pages. It is, you guessed it, Transcription by Ben Lerner.”
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Discussed“it was called 104 10 col 04 for those who don't know the title like waking up and seeing 104 flashing on an alarm clock”
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