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Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Blessed from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical take action of writing has regularly expanded our awareness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it's been used as both a musical instrument of vitality and a channel of the divine, a way of interpersonal bonding and of specific self-definition. Now, as the revolution once wrought by the printed word provides way to the digital age, many dread that the art work of writing and the nuanced thinking nurtured by writing are under risk. But writing itself, despite striving for permanence, is actually in the midst of development and transfiguration. Celebrating the impulse to record, invent, and make one's mark, Matthew Battles reenchants the written word for all people susceptible to the energy and beauty of writing in every of its varieties.
