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Ben Lerner

National Book Award Finalist

Ben Lerner, author of three collections of poetry, has been called by Publishers Weekly "among the most promising young poets now writing." His debut volume, The Lichtenberg Figures, was selected from over 1000 manuscripts to win the 2003 Hayden Carruth Award; it was also named to the "Best Poetry Books of the Year" list by Library Journal and praised by The New York Times as a "funny, nervy volume." His second book, Angle of Yaw, was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Originally from Topeka, Kansas, Lerner holds a B.A. in Political Theory and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Brown University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Spain in 2003-2004. While at Brown he co-founded No: a journal of the arts, and his own poetry can be found in a variety of magazines, including Fence, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Threepenny Review, Slate, and Verse. He teaches at the University of Pittsburgh.

Check out Ben Lerner's interview with Aaron Kunin, where they discuss Kunin's novel, The Mandarin: jacketmagazine.com/37/iv-kunin-ivb-lerner.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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