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From the celebrated author of The Topeka School, a collection of poetry that is dazzlingly intelligent, moving and speaks directly to our complex times.

"Barbara Bloom and Ben Lerner share a fascination with intricate dramas of framing and reframing: what happens to an image or a phrase when it is re-encountered, recontextualized, recombined -- when a particular frame of reference is established or collapses? How is meaning accrued or eroded through repetition, across pages or generations? How are images or sentences enlisted in -- or suddenly freed from -- the construction of our personal and collective mythologies? In this collaborative book, bringing together Bloom's artworks and Lerner's prose poems, these questions are rendered beautiful as they are sensitively felt, veering between the promises of abstraction -- 'the showroom of grammar, its glitter and ghosts,' collective nouns, songs without lyrics that everyone can sing -- and verbal and visual languages of extreme privacy. Other topics include: false fathers, lice, stone fruit, Casper Rappaport, color words, alephs, forever stamps, and Goethe's corridor"--Publisher's website.

Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting "lost boys" to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. He is one of the cool kids, ready to fight or, better, freestyle about fighting if it keeps his peers from thinking of him as weak. Adam is also one of the seniors who bring the loner Darren Eberheart--who is, unbeknownst to Adam, his fathers' patient--into the social scene, to disastrous effect. Deftly shifting perspectives and time periods, The Topeka School is the story of one family's struggles and strengths: Jane's reckoning with the legacy of an abusive father, Jonathan's marital transgressions, the challenge of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity. It is also a riveting prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech, the trolls and tyrants of the New Right, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white men

American author Ben Lerner and German film-maker and writer Alexander Kluge come from two different generations but share a single passion: an interest in the long-term effects of things.

The author reflects on his life choices against the backdrop of his family's health struggles, emphasizing the impact of personal decisions on well-being. Ben Lerner, a best-selling author and doctor, shares his journey of avoiding the fate of his parents, who succumbed to health issues related to smoking and poor lifestyle choices. His commitment to maintaining good health serves as a central theme, highlighting the importance of proactive decision-making in shaping one's future.

The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance.

From the author of the bestselling novels Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04, here is a dazzling collection of award-winning poetry - available for the first time to readers beyond the US.

In the past year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child. Now, in a New York of increasingly frequent superstorms and political unrest, he must reckon with his biological mortality, the possibility of a literary afterlife, and the prospect of (unconventional) fatherhood in a city that might soon be under water. In prose that Jonathan Franzen has called 'hilarious...cracklingly intelligent...and original in every sentence', Lerner's new novel charts an exhilarating course through the contemporary landscape of sex, friendship, memory, art and politics, and captures what it is like to be alive right now.

Addressing a national emergency caused by inactivity and unhealthy diets, the authors provide a compelling argument for the urgent need to change lifestyle habits. They present a detailed guide aimed at empowering parents to foster vibrant, successful futures for their children. By advocating for healthier choices and active living, the book emphasizes the importance of nurturing a wholesome and invigorating youth, steering families away from the pitfalls of fast food and excessive screen time.

In Madrid on a fellowship, a young American poet examines his ambivalence about authenticity