Ben Lerner
American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic best known for the novels Leaving the Atocha Station (2011), 10:04 (2014), and The Topeka School (2019), as well as several poetry collections and cultural criticism.
Books
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1. Saliendo De La Estación De Atocha
A young American poet spending time in Madrid struggles with social anxiety, writer’s block, and a restless search for authenticity as he drifts through awkward encounters, a tentative romance, and tense conversations about politics and poetry; the novel’s keen, self-aware first-person voice turns ordinary moments into probing reflections on language, identity, and the ambiguous line between confession and performance.