Ben Lerner on Transcription

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Apr 15, 202652:57Arts

Recorded live at Shakespeare and Company, Adam Biles speaks with Ben Lerner about his novel Transcription , a formally inventive meditation on technology, memory, and human connection. Beginning with the novel’s deceptiv...

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