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Prairie Journal

Ben Lerner, The Topeka School

By Kaye McIntyre
Published July 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM CDT

Week of July 14, 2024: Ben Lerner's novel 10:04 has just been named one of Best 100 Books of the 21st Century by the New York Times. In this episode of KPR Presents, we revisit our conversation about 10:04's prequel, The Topeka School. The Topeka School was a finalist for the the Pulitzer Prize and won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction.

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Prairie Journal
Kaye McIntyre
Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, This American Life, and The Moth Radio Hour. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents, which changed its name in 2025 to Prairie Journal. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.
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