Ben LernerLiterary Fiction · Poetry·b. 1979
Angle of yaw
Synopsis
Ben Lerner's second poetry collection, Angle of Yaw, offers an extended meditation on the commercialization of public space and speech. Through philosophical insight and poetic experimentation, Lerner's prose poems and lyrical sequences delve into how viewing technologies, particularly aerial photography, shape our culture's self-perception.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10