#  Writers Speak | Ben Lerner in conversation with Duncan White 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **December 1, 2022** 

 06:00PM - 06:00PM EST 

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 **Emerson Hall, Room 105**  



 

 



 

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 Photo Credit: Catherine Barnett##  [WRITERS SPEAK](/writers-speak)

##  SPEAKER: Ben Lerner

###  About the Speakers

 [Ben Lerner](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ben-lerner) is the author of seven books of poetry and prose as well as several collaborations with visual artists, including *Gold Custody* (with Barbara Bloom), recently published by Mack, and *The Cliches* (with R.H. Quatyman), just published by Song Cave Editions. His most recent novel, *The Topeka School*, won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, among other honors, and is a Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College. His new book of poetry, *The Lights*, will be published by FSG next fall.

 **[Duncan White](https://scholar.harvard.edu/dew/home)** is Associate Director of Studies in History & Literature at Harvard University. His most recent book is *Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War.*

###  About the Series

 [Writers Speak](/writers-speak), a series of literary conversations at the Mahindra Humanities Center, is convened by [Duncan White](https://scholar.harvard.edu/dew/home), Associate Director of Studies in History & Literature at Harvard University.



 

 



 

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