A review by punkrocknreticence
No Art by Ben Lerner
3.0
Ben Lerner has more prestigious fellowships, critical acclaim and awards than I can count on my fingers, but to me this collection was mostly a set of profound, hard-hitting lines packed with affective and political punches, serving as punctuation within whole poems which I really didn't get – but that's on me, and my lack of context(ual comprehension).
Still, I enjoyed this collection. Insight came in bursts, trails, abstraction and metaphors, but it was illuminating on the whole, and I was never bored (at best, only slightly puzzled).
I particularly enjoyed '21 Gun Salute for Ronald Reagan' and 'Mean Free Path'.
Still, I enjoyed this collection. Insight came in bursts, trails, abstraction and metaphors, but it was illuminating on the whole, and I was never bored (at best, only slightly puzzled).
I particularly enjoyed '21 Gun Salute for Ronald Reagan' and 'Mean Free Path'.