![]() ![]() Lerner utilizes multiple perspectives and voices, including those of Adam's parents, to thoroughly investigate the history of this family and how it ties to our present moment, parsing themes of debate, masculinity, and the dissolution of language. In his newest work, The Topeka School, the main character is Adam Gordon, who is also the narrator of Lerner’s debut novel, Leaving the Atocha Station we see Adam here largely as an adolescent growing up in Topeka, Kansas, with his psychologist parents, who are part of the Foundation, an esteemed, groundbreaking psychological institute and progressive hub in a very conservative state. ![]() Ben Lerner is a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, and essayist with plenty of well-deserved accolades - he's currently a MacArthur Fellow, has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a finalist for the National Book Award, and has won the Believer Book Award and the Hayden Carruth Award, among others. ![]()
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