M.J. Franklin
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 18 Sep
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Hello, and welcome to The Book Review.
I'm MJ Franklin.
I'm an editor here at The New York Times Book Review, back with our May book club discussion.
This week, we're chatting about Transcription by Ben Lerner.
We chose his book for book club for a few reasons.
First, it's the return of Ben Lerner.
How could we not speak about it?
Ben has written a series of acclaimed philosophical books, including The Topeka School, which was a New York Times best book of 2019, and 1004, which was a New York Times best book of the 21st century.
So far, a new Ben Lerner book is an event, period.
And we wanted to dive in.
So that's the first reason.
The second reason is Ben Lerner's new book, Transcription, is, I think, a puzzle box of a book.
It's a book that seems to continually unfold with new layers, and as such, it's a book that demands to be discussed.
And so we are here to dive in, and joining me on that adventure are two of my esteemed colleagues.
First, we have Greg Coles, an editor here at The Book Review, and a returning book clubber.
Greg, welcome back.
Thank you, MJ.
Glad to be here.
Also with us is Alexandra Jacobs, a staff critic here at The Book Review and also the person who reviewed Transcription for us.
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