RavePittsburgh Post-GazetteWhat Ben Lerner is really offering is a space that cannot be pinned down, one that represents an ever-moving confluence of ideas and images and personalities that somehow make a world, make a life. For such a brief book, this is as much and, frankly, more than any reader can ask for. Transcription is complex, narratively dense — and for this reader, it is intriguing rather than off-putting. Because every time a reader thinks they’re beginning to follow the thread of an idea, that thread is twisted in a new direction, so that the only thing that can really be known is a kind of flavor or texture to the prose ... An utterly unique reading experience.
