Ben Lerner (LCLC52 2025)

BEN LERNER is the author of eight books of poetry and prose as well as several collaborations with visual artists. His new book of poetry, ‘The Lights’, was recently published by FSG, and his most recent novel, ‘The Topeka School’, won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, among other honors, and is a Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College.