Ben Lerner
Birth date: February 04, 1979
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Within the past decade, even the last several years, the genre of poetry has undergone vast changes, both in terms of style and subject matter, but also in regard to its reception. Recent successes of poets like Rupi Kaur and Claudia Rankine have proved that there is a growing interest in the genre,...
Received a copy of 10:04 by Ben Lerner through the First Reads Giveaway program in exchange for an honest review "As I read it experienced what was becoming a familiar sensation: the world was rearranging itself around me while I processed words from a liquid-crystal display. So much of the most imp...
I'm not entirely sure what I think of this book, a book that I won on a goodreads giveaway (thank you again for another thought provoking read). I had a very hard time getting into the book, as the writing style seemed a bit disjointed (multi-comma'd and very long sentences) to me. As a result, i...
Moody, style-driven novel about a student living on a fellowship in Spain, writing poetry, doing drugs and negotiating relationships with women. It's told in the first person by Adam, the student, and covers his adventures and his thoughts about literature, politics and life. The 2004 Madrid bombing...
Self-indulgent. Meandering plot. Forgettable ending. Don't bother reading.
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