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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: AGNI magazine: A Discussion with Sven Birkerts
Description: Sven Birkerts is the co-editor ofĀ AGNIĀ magazine, an essayist, and a literary critic perhaps best known for his bookĀ The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic AgeĀ (FSG, 2006),Ā about the impact of the internet and āelectronic cultureā in general. Heās taught at Bennington College, Harvard University, and elsewhere.What is MFA culture, and how has the rise of writing programs in academia changed the course of literature for better and, at times, perhaps for worst? Thatās this episodeās first major topic, with Sven Birkerts offering observations about the rise of braided essays...