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Sven Birkerts @birkerts.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

A memory is not a receipt for something that once happened.

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Sven Birkerts @birkerts.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

If for no other reason—though there are many other reasons—we need writers to hand along the felt reality of the world.

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Sven Birkerts @birkerts.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

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.

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Sven Birkerts @birkerts.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Revision: the incremental winnowing of potential embarrassments…

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Sven Birkerts @birkerts.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

It’s like I’m standing to the side watching myself get older.

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Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show @vmspod.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

And @zibaldoni.bsky.social chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6... @drooker.bsky.social chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6... #SimonCritchley chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6... #DougBrod chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6... @birkerts.bsky.social chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6... LOTS of great talks! 2/2

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 13/12/2024

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-...