Monday, May 31, 2010

Promising American Poet

For my money, Ben Lerner is one of the best, most intelligent, and most ambitious poets writing today. The Lichtenberg Figures is a collection of edgy sonnets that totally plays with the whole history of the sonnet form. Ben is also a great guy to have a beer with. He's originally from Topeka and edits a literary journal called No.
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