Ben Lerner's novel 10:04 is about a man named Ben trying to write a novel. Yes, it's meta. Yes, it can get navel-gazey. But there's an underlying humanity and economy that keeps the book afloat.

Discussion topics include gatekeeping, listening, dinosaurs, and superstorms.

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