BEN LERNER was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1979. The first post office in Washington … Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of ’97. Among the myriad miracles of The Topeka School is that it accomplishes so much, captures so much and questions so much about America in fewer than 300 pages.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post "[The Topeka School] is thoroughly, intimidatingly brilliant and absolutely contemporary. By Washington Post Oct 7, 2019, 2:48 pm 21 pts. It's funny, and at times, painfully acute . ―Evan Kindley, The Nation “Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School is the best novel of the Donald Trump era thus far. From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression, and the conditions that have given rise to the trolls and tyrants of the new right. . [The Topeka School] proves that Lerner, without sacrificing the idiosyncratic charms of his earlier books, can do more things with the novel form."

They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. History. Lerner has a downright forensic ability to trace the pathologies consuming us. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, and is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04, and an essay, The Hatred of Poetry.His poetry collections include The Lichtenberg Figures, … Until the end of the American Civil War it was protected by two stockaded buildings, the Washington Company House and Woolbert's Stockade Hotel.. . Ben Lerner’s brilliant new novel, ‘The Topeka School,’ captures America’s brutal divisions . He is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04, three books of poetry (The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, and Mean Free Path), and the monograph The Hatred … . His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting “lost boys” to open up. . --Evan Kindley, The Nation "Ben Lerner's The Topeka School is the best novel of the Donald Trump era thus far.

Ben Lerner was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1979. His mother, Jane, is a famous . [The Topeka School] proves that Lerner, without sacrificing the idiosyncratic charms of his earlier books, can do more things with the novel form." Washington was established in spring 1860, and in the same year named county seat. . Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of 1997.