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  1. [+]
    Aaron's Rod (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Brooklyn Boy, by Alan Lelchuk
    1. Brooklyn Boy by Alan Lelchuk
    The New Republic, February 5, 1990, pp. 38-39
  2. Books
    [+]
    The Alchemist's Retort (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace
    1. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
    The Atlantic Monthly, February 1996, pp. 106-107
  3. American Energies (1992)
    Sven Birkerts
    Essays on Fiction
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  4. [+]
    Apocalypse Now (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Almanac of the Dead, by Leslie Marmon Silko
    1. Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
    The New Republic, November 4, 1991, pp. 39-41
  5. [+]
    The Art of Absence (2 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Continuous Life, by Mark Strand
    1. The Continuous Life by Mark Strand
    2. Selected Poems by Mark Strand
    The New Republic, December 17, 1990, pp. 36-38
  6. An Artificial Wilderness (1987)
    Sven Birkerts
    Essays on Twentieth-Century Literature
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  7. [+]
    Bleak House (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Affliction, by Russell Banks
    1. Affliction by Russell Banks
    The New Republic, September 11, 1989, pp. 38-41
  8. [+]
    California Dreaming (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Breakers, by Martin Walser
    1. Breakers by Martin Walser
    The New Republic, December 28, 1987, pp. 40-41
  9. [+]
    Chekhov in Chicago (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Noble Rot, by Richard G. Stern
    1. Noble Rot by Richard G. Stern
    The New Republic, February 20, 1989, pp. 46-49
  10. [+]
    Cogito and Dubito (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Death of Descartes, by David Bosworth
    1. The Death of Descartes by David Bosworth
    The Nation, May 8, 1982, p. 567
  11. Crimes of the Mind
    Sven Birkerts
    The New Republic, April 3, 1989, pp. 39-40
  12. [+]
    Crimes of the Mind (2 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Execution of Justice, by Friedrich Durrenmatt
    1. The Execution of Justice by Friedrich Durrenmatt
    2. The Assignment by Friedrich Durrenmatt
    The New Republic, June 5, 1989, pp. 39-40
  13. Criticism
    Sven Birkerts
    Close Listening
    The Harpers Monthly, January 1993, pp. 86-94
  14. [+]
    Cultural Hierarchies (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Highbrow/Lowbrow, by Lawrence W. Levine
    1. Highbrow/Lowbrow by Lawrence W. Levine
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1990, pp. 317-320
  15. [+]
    Deaths in the Family (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Past Continuous, by Yaakov Shabtai
    1. Past Continuous by Yaakov Shabtai
    The New Republic, May 27, 1985, pp. 34-35
  16. [+]
    Denis Donoghue's America (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Reading America, by Denis Donoghue
    1. Reading America by Denis Donoghue
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1989, pp. 495-498
  17. [+]
    Down By Law (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    A Frolic of His Own, by William Gaddis
    1. A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
    The New Republic, February 7, 1994, pp. 27-30
  18. [+]
    Dream Factory (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Butterfly Stories, by William T. Vollmann
    1. Butterfly Stories by William T. Vollmann
    The New Republic, April 11, 1994, pp. 40-43
  19. [+]
    Family Secrets (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Before and After, by Rosellen Brown
    1. Before and After by Rosellen Brown
    The New Republic, November 2, 1992, pp. 40-42
  20. Forum: What Are We Doing On-Line?
    John Perry Barlow, Sven Birkerts, and Kevin Kelly, ...
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1995, pp. 35-49
  21. [+]
    The Fragile Net (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Stories of Heinrich Boll, by Heinrich Boll
    1. The Stories of Heinrich Boll by Heinrich Boll
    The New Republic, April 7, 1986, pp. 28-29
  22. [+]
    A Gatsby for Today (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Atlantic Monthly, March 1993, pp. 122-125
  23. The Gutenberg Elegies (1995)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
    6 Reviews, 1 Readable
  24. [+]
    Harmonic Convergence (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Time of Our Singing, by Richard Powers
    1. The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers
    The New Yorker, January 13, 2003, p. 85
  25. [+]
    The Haunted House (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, by Oscar Hijuelos
    1. The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien by Oscar Hijuelos
    The New Republic, March 22, 1993, pp. 38-40
  26. [+]
    Heir Apparent (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Midsummer, by Derek Walcott
    1. Midsummer by Derek Walcott
    The New Republic, January 23, 1984, pp. 31-33
  27. [+]
    High-Culture Hustler (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Great Pretender, by James Atlas
    1. The Great Pretender by James Atlas
    The New Republic, May 12, 1986, pp. 35-36
  28. [+]
    His Master's Voice (2 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    Poems, 1959-1979, by Frederick Seidel
    1. Poems, 1959-1979 by Frederick Seidel
    2. These Days by Frederick Seidel
    The New Republic, April 23, 1990, pp. 40-42
  29. [+]
    House of Games (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Life: A User's Manual, by Georges Perec
    1. Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
    The New Republic, February 8, 1988, p. 38
  30. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    Infinity of Inwardness (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Stories in an Almost Classical Mode, by Harold Brodkey
    1. Stories in an Almost Classical Mode by Harold Brodkey
    The Nation, October 17, 1988, pp. 348-350
  31. The Internet & American Culture
    Sven Birkerts
    The Net and the Self
    National Review, July 28, 1997, pp. 32-33
  32. [+]
    Invisible Man (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Divine Days, by Leon Forrest
    1. Divine Days by Leon Forrest
    The New Republic, May 31, 1993, pp. 42-43
  33. [+]
    London Psycho (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper, by Paul West
    1. The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper by Paul West
    The New Republic, May 6, 1991, pp. 37-39
  34. [+]
    The Lone Soul State (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy
    1. The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
    The New Republic, July 11, 1994, p. 38
  35. [+]
    The Luxuries of Detail (2 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    What the Light Was Like, by Amy Clampitt
    1. What the Light Was Like by Amy Clampitt
    2. Blessing by Christopher Jane Corkery
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1986, pp. 144-150
  36. [+]
    Middleton and Menashe (2 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    Two Horse Wagon Going by, by Christopher Middleton
    1. Two Horse Wagon Going by by Christopher Middleton
    2. Collected Poems by Samuel Menashe
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1987, pp. 647-649
  37. [+]
    The Modern Mariner (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Tidewater Tales, by John Barth
    1. The Tidewater Tales by John Barth
    The New Republic, August 10, 1987, pp. 35-36
  38. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    Moral Interrogations (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Dead Alive, by Eva Demski
    1. Dead Alive by Eva Demski
    The Nation, December 6, 1986, pp. 644-645
  39. [+]
    Myth and Mortal (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Dialogues with Leuco, by Cesare Pavese
    1. Dialogues with Leuco by Cesare Pavese
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1992, pp. 155-160
  40. The State of Poetry
    [+]
    New Poetry from England, Ireland, and Scotland (3 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    Selected Poems, by Tony Harrison
    1. Selected Poems by Tony Harrison
    2. War Music by Christopher Logue
    3. Selected Poems, 1968-1983 by Paul Muldoon
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1988, pp. 484-489
  41. [+]
    No Exit (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Concrete, by Thomas Bernhard
    1. Concrete by Thomas Bernhard
    The New Republic, August 13, 1984, pp. 37-39
  42. [+]
    Not Quite Pakistan (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Shame, by Salman Rushdie
    1. Shame by Salman Rushdie
    The Nation, December 10, 1983, p. 608
  43. [+]
    O Albany (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Quinn's Book, by William J. Kennedy
    1. Quinn's Book by William J. Kennedy
    The New Republic, June 27, 1988, p. 41
  44. [+]
    Off the Road (2 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters, 1940-1956, by Ann Charters and Jack Kerouac
    1. Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters, 1940-1956 by Ann Charters and Jack Kerouac
    2. The Portable Jack Kerouac by Ann Charters and Jack Kerouac
    The New Republic, April 24, 1995, p. 43
  45. [+]
    Ogres and Oracles (5 Reviews)
    Sven Birkerts
    Reconsideration: Michel Tournier
    1. Friday by Michel Tournier
    2. The Ogre by Michel Tournier
    3. Gemini by Michel Tournier
    4. The Four Wise Men by Michel Tournier
    5. The Fetishist by Michel Tournier
    The New Republic, February 11, 1985, pp. 39-42
  46. [+]
    On Little Cat's Feet (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America, by Martin Amis
    1. The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America by Martin Amis
    The New Republic, January 26, 1987, pp. 36-37
  47. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    Our Words Stand (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Your Native Land, Your Life, by Adrienne Cecile Rich
    1. Your Native Land, Your Life by Adrienne Cecile Rich
    The Nation, June 7, 1986, p. 797
  48. [+]
    The Plot Sickens (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Thanatos Syndrome, by Walker Percy
    1. The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy
    The New Republic, April 13, 1987, pp. 31-33
  49. [+]
    Postmodern Picaresque (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Moon Palace, by Paul Auster
    1. Moon Palace by Paul Auster
    The New Republic, March 27, 1989, pp. 36-39
  50. [+]
    Private Destinies (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Light Years, by James Salter
    1. Light Years by James Salter
    The Nation, June 19, 1982, p. 755
  51. [+]
    Rage and Return (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987, by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz
    1. The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987 by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz
    The New Republic, March 14, 1988, pp. 36-39
  52. Readings
    Sven Birkerts
    The Electronic Hive - Refuse It
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1994, pp. 17-19
  53. Readings
    Sven Birkerts
    Losing Ourselves in Biography
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1995, pp. 24-25
  54. Books
    Rereading: Love's Wound, Love's Salve
    Sven Birkerts
    The American Scholar, Autumn 2001, pp. 132-137
  55. Revision
    Sven Birkerts
    On the Road to Nowhere
    The Harpers Monthly, July 1989, pp. 74-76
  56. The School of List
    Sven Birkerts
    The New Republic, October 13, 1986, pp. 28-32
  57. [+]
    Southern Breeze (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Sportsman's Paradise, by Nancy Lemann
    1. Sportsman's Paradise by Nancy Lemann
    The New Republic, May 18, 1992, pp. 48-49
  58. [+]
    Southern Discomfort (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    High Lonesome, by Barry Hannah
    1. High Lonesome by Barry Hannah
    The New Republic, February 10, 1997, pp. 40-41
  59. [+]
    A Started Miniaturist (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Selected Stories, by Robert Walser
    1. Selected Stories by Robert Walser
    The Nation, October 2, 1982, pp. 312-313
  60. [+]
    Staying Power (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Sixties: The Last Journal, 1960-1972, by Edmund Wilson and Lewis M. Dabney
    1. The Sixties: The Last Journal, 1960-1972 by Edmund Wilson and Lewis M. Dabney
    Dissent, Fall 1993, pp. 564-566
  61. [+]
    A Swiss Master (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Bluebeard, by Max Frisch
    1. Bluebeard by Max Frisch
    The New Republic, July 11, 1983, pp. 32-34
  62. [+]
    Ties That Blind (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    Born Brothers, by Larry Woiwode
    1. Born Brothers by Larry Woiwode
    The New Republic, September 12, 1988, pp. 47-49
  63. [+]
    An Uncommon Mystery (Review)
    Sven Birkerts
    The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
    1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
    The New Republic, September 5, 1983, p. 36
  64. Notebook
    When First I Knocked
    Sven Birkerts
    Dissent, Fall 1998, pp. 95-101
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