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

Ponca City, Oklahoma

Didn’t see this—-sure!

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

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.

Revision: the incremental winnowing of potential embarrassments…

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

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#DougBrod chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

@birkerts.bsky.social chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

LOTS of great talks!
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Sven Birkerts: The Miró Worm and the Mysteries of Writing

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:
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The whole world comes to me now via autocorrect…

When I’m actually taken up into the time of a song…

It’s like the whole world is behind a paywall…

Life task: to stay interested in the sound in your head.