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The Lights is a constellation of verse and prose, voice memos and vignettes, songs and silences, that brings the personal and the collective into startling relation. Ben Lerner's first collection in a decade is alive to the forces that shape human society and to the rhythms of the natural world, to the power of new technologies and the wonder of our timeless planet. Intimate and soaring, The Lights records the pleasures and absurdities of making art, family and meaning against a backdrop of accelerating crises. Alert to the darkness, it is the light which shines out most in these poems, in cosmic images from space, in power cuts and in the flickering connections between people. From one of the most celebrated writers of his generation, The Lights acts as a beacon, illuminating new possibilities of thought and feeling.
Ben Lerner, who the New York Times Magazine has called "the most talented writer of his generation," is the author of seven previous books of poetry and prose, as well as collaborations with visual artists. The poems in The Lights are in conversation with-and often contain the seeds of-his acclaimed essays and novels. The recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, Lerner has been a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College.
This Limited Signed Slipcase Edition of The Lights is £75 but members get 25% off with their exclusive discount code (£56) here.
This Limited Signed Slipcase Edition of The Lights is £75 but members get 25% off with their exclusive discount code (£56) here.