In the last year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and has been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child, despite his dating a rising star in the visual arts. In a New York of increasingly frequent super storms and political unrest, he must reckon with his biological mortality, the possibility of a literary afterlife, and the prospect of (unconventional) fatherhood in a city that might soon be under water. Exploring sex, friendship, medicine, memory, art, and politics, 10:04 is both a riveting work of fiction and a brilliant examination of the role fiction plays in our lives.
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Ben Lerner, born in Topeka, Kansas, is an acclaimed author and a professor of English at Brooklyn College. His novel The Topeka School was named a best book of the year by Time, Esquire, Vogue, Vulture, and many other major publications. His first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, won the 2012 Believer Book Award, and excerpts from 10:04 have been awarded the Paris Review‘s Terry Southern Prize. He has published three poetry collections: Mean Free Path, The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, Howard, and MacArthur Foundations.
Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. His narrations have earned an Audie Award nomination and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. He also cohosts the popular board-game podcast The Dice Tower.