Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Transcription,' by Ben Lerner

The Book Review by The New York Times

May 30, 202600:47:21Arts

Ben Lerner’s slender new novel, “Transcription,” is just 130 pages long, yet it cracks open some of our most colossal and enduring philosophical questions. On this episode, MJ Franklin discusses “Transcription” with fell...

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