About this episode

MJ Franklin discusses Ben Lerner's novel 'Transcription' with fellow Book Review editors Gregory Cowles and Alexandra Jacobs.

Ben Lerner’s slender new novel, “Transcription,” is just 130 pages long, yet it cracks open some of our most colossal and enduring philosophical questions. On this episode, MJ Franklin discusses “Transcription” with fellow Book Review editors Gregory Cowles and Alexandra Jacobs.

People in this episode

Host: MJ Franklin

Guests: Gregory Cowles, Alexandra Jacobs

Topics covered

• philosophy
• literature
• book discussion
• novels
• Ben Lerner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times

Books & works: Transcription

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