The Lichtenberg Figures by Ben Lerner

The Lichtenberg Figures

Ben Lerner

96 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy poetry challenging reflective medium-paced

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The Lichtenberg Figures, winner of the Hayden Carruth Award, is an unconventional sonnet sequence that interrogates the relationship between language and memory, violence and form. “Lichtenberg figures” are fern-like electrical patterns that can a...

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