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What is a poet to do when no one reads poetry anymore? Ben Lerner’s answer has been to seek out an audience where one still (if only barely) exists: in the novel. Mr. Lerner’s first books were poetry ...

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With “Transcription,” the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form. By Parul Sehgal Although the exact dates remain hazy, I think it is safe to say that sometime between 2009 and 2014 it ...

Several years ago, when I was profiling Ben Lerner for the Times Magazine, I spent an afternoon with him at the Whitney Museum. As we walked from room to room, Lerner spoke in freely flowing ...