Lexington Community Education presents An Evening with Sven Birkerts

The context of reading has changed throughout history, but never so radically as in recent decades. We all are implicated in digital culture, taking part in a transformation that extends far beyond books and reading. Does the fascination with speed of information outweigh the notion of slow-grown substance, sophistication, and understanding? How does the digital age shift our intellectual, contemplative and literary culture? Does the benefit outweigh the cost? This evening, renowned critic and author of The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age, will explore the implications of this transformation.

Sven Birkerts has been editor of AGNI since July 2002. He is the author of

eight books and has received grants from the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation. Birkerts has reviewed regularly for The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Mirabella, Parnassus, The Yale Review, and other publications. He has taught writing at Harvard University, Emerson College, Amherst College, and Mt. Holyoke College, and is director of the graduate Bennington Writing Seminars.

This event will take place on Tuesday, February 10th from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lexington Depot. The cost of the event is $10.00. Pre-registration strongly recommended. To register, using a VISA or MasterCard, please contact Lexington Community Education at 781 862 8043.