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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 12 hours ago

🧵 The literary canon is shaped as much by chance as by merit. Brad Bigelow explains why forgotten books deserve to be found & preserved. 📚

📚 Read Bigelow's essay & more in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive.

🔗 https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/43/

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Orange graphic quoting Brad Bigelow, Author and Editor, for the Vanishing Culture series. Headline: "Why remember forgotten books?" with the quote "One must look beyond literature's well-traveled paths and discover the riches to be found in the vast landscape of forgotten books."

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Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record (2026) : Luca Messarra : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

DOWNLOAD THE FREE EBOOK:PDFEPUBPURCHASE A PRINT COPY:Buy the book from Better World Books or any online bookstore.Order a copy through your local...

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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 12 hours ago

Countless books disappear not because their authors lacked talent, but because of bad luck, war, politics, or time.

From “On the Importance of Remembering Forgotten Books,” by Brad Bigelow.

📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/43/
🛒 Purchase in print: https://betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new

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Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record (2026) : Luca Messarra : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

DOWNLOAD THE FREE EBOOK:PDFEPUBPURCHASE A PRINT COPY:Buy the book from Better World Books or any online bookstore.Order a copy through your local...