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In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

Ed Simon on What Sven Birkerts Got Right in “The Guttenberg Elegies”

By Ed Simon | November 25, 2024

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

Debra Nystrom on the Power of Personal Story Alongside Objective Study

By Debra Nystrom | October 9, 2024

Sven Birkerts on Discovering the Story You Need To Write

Sven Birkerts on Discovering the Story You Need To Write

“It’s very much about baiting the hook, and then waiting.”

By Sven Birkerts | April 11, 2022

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By The Quarantine Tapes | April 6, 2021

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Tod Goldberg and Rider Strong Share Their Summer Reading Lists

By Literary Disco | June 13, 2019

Long Tables, Open Bottles, and Smoke: Hanging Out with Derek Walcott

Long Tables, Open Bottles, and Smoke: Hanging Out with Derek Walcott

Sven Birkerts on Literary Life in 1980s Boston, with a Trio of Great Poets

By Sven Birkerts | November 22, 2017

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By Sven Birkerts | July 18, 2016