Sven Birkerts

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Sven Birkerts is an American essayist and literary critic best known for his reflections on reading, literature, and the impact of digital technology on culture.

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instanceOf essayist
literary critic
person
author Sven Birkerts NERFINISHED
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countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1951
editorOf AGNI NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Michigan
employer Bennington College NERFINISHED
Emerson College NERFINISHED
Harvard University
Mount Holyoke College NERFINISHED
genre essay
literary criticism
memoir
hasWrittenFor Boston Review NERFINISHED
Harper’s Magazine NERFINISHED
The Atlantic NERFINISHED
The New Republic NERFINISHED
The New York Times Book Review NERFINISHED
The New Yorker NERFINISHED
hasWrittenOn contemporary literature
future of reading
impact of electronic media on culture
memoir
poetry
knownFor critique of digital technology’s impact on reading
reflections on reading and literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryMovement contemporary American essay
notableWork My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time NERFINISHED
Readings NERFINISHED
The Electric Life: Essays on Modern Poetry NERFINISHED
The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age NERFINISHED
The Other Walk: Essays NERFINISHED
occupation essayist
literary critic
writer
placeOfBirth Pontiac, Michigan NERFINISHED
positionHeld co-editor of AGNI
director of the Bennington Writing Seminars
subjectOf critical discussions on digital culture and reading
writingStyle personal essay
reflective criticism

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