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Language is the soul’s ozone layer and we thin it at our peril.

Sven Birkerts

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Sven Birkerts
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
Essayist
Literary Critic
University Teacher
Pontiac
Michigan
Language
Soul
Ozone
Layer
Peril
Layers
Thin

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