{"id":30048,"date":"2023-04-03T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=30048"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:02:04","slug":"ben-lerner-the-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2023\/04\/03\/ben-lerner-the-ferry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Lerner: “The Ferry”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Ferry”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Ben Lerner<\/span>
\nfrom the April 10, 2023 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"B<\/span>en Lerner's most recent novel, The Topeka School<\/em>, was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. An excerpt from it was published in\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em> back in 2019 as \"Ross Perot and China.\" He does have a new book coming out in September of this year called\u00a0The Lights<\/em>, but it does not appear that \"The Ferry\" is a part of it, particularly since the new book is poetry. I think, therefore, that this story about a man getting an apologetic voicemail \u2014 though it's the wrong number \u2014 is it's own short story. I don't mind excerpts as much as I used to, but I do still much prefer weeks we get a short story.<\/p>\n

Here is how \"The Ferry\" begins:<\/p>\n

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Hey I understand you're angry, the first message said. A man's voice, probably a man my age. I would be angry, too. I know I messed up. I know it's not the first time I messed up. I have been dealing with a lot. I know you're dealing with a lot, too, it's not an excuse, but I just want to tell you how I see it, and how I can make it right. And most of all I want to listen. To what you want to say and to what you need from me. To make it right. We've come too far. I'm sorry, call me back, O.K.?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Please feel welcome to leave your comments on the story below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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