Ben Lerner reads his story “
The Readers,” from the June 29, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lerner is the author of nine books of poetry and fiction, including the novels “
10:04,” “
The Topeka School,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020, and “
Transcription,” which came out earlier this year. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.
