High culture is both boring and intense at the same time

But to explain how this can be, I need to delve into the nature of the aesthetic experience

I've recently read two very negative pieces about Ben Lerner. The first is this well-known one by

becca rothfeld

and the second is this review in Tablet of his new poetry collection. But I remember being so grateful ten years ago when I read his first novel, Leaving Atocha Station, which describes his consistent sense of mystification and even fraudulence when faced …