Sven Birkerts, proponent and practitioner of the contemporary personal essay, has a new collection, The Miró Worm and the Mysteries of Writing. Birkerts reflects on the fundamental joys and frustrations of putting words on the page, especially now, in a world distracted by media, social media, influencers, AI, and everything—it seems at times—except the wisdom […]

Being Someone Upon Whom Nothing is Lost: The Miró Worm and the Mysteries of Writing