Ben Lerner
Benjamin S. Lerner is an American poet.
Born on February 4, 1979 and raised in Topeka, Kansas, he is a 1997 graduate of Topeka High School.[1] At Brown University he earned a B.A. in Political Theory and a MFA in Poetry.
In 2003 Copper Canyon Press awarded its Hayden Carruth prize to Lerner's cycle of fifty-two loose sonnets, The Lichtenberg Figures. In 2004, Library Journal named it one of the year's twelve best books of poetry.
He traveled on a Fulbright Scholarship to Madrid, Spain in 2003 where he wrote his second book, Angle of Yaw.
Together with Deb Klowden, Lerner presently edits No: A Journal of the Arts, a magazine of poetry, art, and criticism. In 2008 he began editing poetry for Critical Quarterly, a British academic publication.[2]
Lerner is on the faculty of the writing program of the University of Pittsburgh.
Books
- The Lichtenberg Figures, poetry (Port Townsend,: Copper Canyon Press, 2004).
- Angle of Yaw, poetry (Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2006).
Awards
- Finalist, 2006 National Book Award[3] for Angle of Yaw.
- Finalist, 2006 Northern California Book Awards for Angle of Yaw [4]
External links
- Poem The Lost Browning Tape from SOFT TARGETS v.2.1
- Four poems from Angle of Yaw in Boston Review
- Three poems from Angle of Yaw in Jacket Magazine.
- An excerpt from The Lichtenberg Figures in Ploughshares.
- An excerpt from The Lichtenberg Figures in Slope.
- Poems in Fascicle.
- The Lichtenberg Figures reviewed in Boston Review.
- The Lichtenberg Figures reviewed in Rain Taxi.
- The Lichtenberg Figures reviewed in 42opus
- The Lichtenberg Figures reviewed in Jacket Magazine.
- An essay treating Lerner in Postmodern Culture.
- Lerner's page at the National Book Foundation
- Lance Phillips' interview with Ben Lerner.
- Lerner's review of a book by Rosmarie Waldrop in Jacket
- Lerner's review of works by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge in Rain Taxi
References
- ^ [1]Look Smart Web site, reprint of article by Blankenship, Bill, "Young poet to read works at Washburn", The Topeka Capital-Journal, March 9, 2005, accessed October 31, 2006
- ^ http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/119389312/HTMLSTART
- ^ National Book Award 2006
- ^ Poetry Flash:NCBRAwards
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