No Art Poems
No Art Poems by Ben Lerner, published by Granta Books in September 2023, presents a comprehensive collection of Lerner’s poetry, combining three acclaimed volumes with several new works. This edition spans 279 pages and is written in English, offering readers an exploration of the intricate relationship between form and meaning, as well as the interplay between private experiences and public expressions.
In this collection, readers will encounter an exhilarating dialogue that engages with both America and the art of poetry itself. The poems feature a blend of online slang and academic language, alongside philosophical reflections and commercial vernacular. Lerner’s work challenges clichés, revealing fresh perspectives through formal experimentation, and invites contemplation on the nuances of thought and emotion. This collection serves as a significant contribution to contemporary poetry, showcasing Lerner’s ambition and depth as a poet.
Official synopsis Publisher
“‘No Art’ brings together for the first time Ben Lerner’s three acclaimed volumes of poetry, along with a handful of newer poems, to present a decade-long exploration of the relationship between form and meaning, between private experience and public expression. ‘No Art’ is an exhilarating argument both with America and with poetry itself, in which online slang is juxtaposed with academic idiom, philosophy collides with advertising, and the language of medicine and the military is overlaid with echoes of Whitman and Keats. Here cliches are cracked open and made new, made strange, and formal experiments disclose new possibilities of thought and feeling. ‘No Art’ confirms Ben Lerner as one of the most searching and ambitious poets working today”–Publisher’s description.
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