Literature lovers, take note: Acclaimed novelist and poet Ben Lerner will deliver the keynote at SUNY New Paltz’s 37th annual English Graduate Symposium. Known for blending autobiography with fiction in works like The Topeka School and Leaving the Atocha Station, Lerner will speak on April 3, followed by a Q&A and book signing. The symposium, themed “The I Who Is Not Me,” will showcase graduate students’ creative and critical works exploring identity and selfhood.