Sven Birkerts
@birkerts.bsky.social
A memory is not a receipt for something that once happened.
January 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A memory is not a receipt for something that once happened.
If for no other reason—though there are many other reasons—we need writers to hand along the felt reality of the world.
January 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If for no other reason—though there are many other reasons—we need writers to hand along the felt reality of the world.
I love the marks life leaves on the books I read: coffee ring, slightest stain from a shaving cut, the bent corners of certain pages, discreet vertical lines next to something that at some point clearly mattered—footprints left on a path I don’t always remember walking.
January 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I love the marks life leaves on the books I read: coffee ring, slightest stain from a shaving cut, the bent corners of certain pages, discreet vertical lines next to something that at some point clearly mattered—footprints left on a path I don’t always remember walking.
Revision: the incremental winnowing of potential embarrassments…
January 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Revision: the incremental winnowing of potential embarrassments…
It’s like I’m standing to the side watching myself get older.
December 24, 2024 at 2:52 PM
It’s like I’m standing to the side watching myself get older.
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LOTS of great talks!
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December 16, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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Good question — "What does it mean to be a writer today, when so many other media compete for audiences?" I love a good essay and @birkerts.bsky.social's new collection looks right up my alley. #Booksky folks, you'll dig this:
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December 13, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Good question — "What does it mean to be a writer today, when so many other media compete for audiences?" I love a good essay and @birkerts.bsky.social's new collection looks right up my alley. #Booksky folks, you'll dig this:
www.arrowsmithpress.com/order/p/the-...
www.arrowsmithpress.com/order/p/the-...
The whole world comes to me now via autocorrect…
December 16, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The whole world comes to me now via autocorrect…
When I’m actually taken up into the time of a song…
December 13, 2024 at 2:07 PM
When I’m actually taken up into the time of a song…