Sven Birkerts
Sven Birkerts’s newest collection of essays, The Other Walk, has just been published by Graywolf Press. Editor of the journal Agni, based at Boston University, he also directs the Bennington Writing Seminars. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Articles
- The Points of Sail
How does a father relinquish control? In the aftermath of a Cape-side mishap, the writer realizes it’s not easy to ward off life’s inevitable dangers.
- Are You Happy?
An innocuous morning e-mail provokes an extended contemplation. Can having no money, no resources, and no hope make you the happiest person alive?
