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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writingby Ben Yagoda
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:<p>In writing, style matters. Our favorite writers often entertain, move, and inspire us less by what they say than by how they say it. In <b>The Sound on the Page</b>, acclaimed author, teacher, and critic <b>Ben Yagoda</b> offers practical and incisive help for writers on developing and discovering their own style and voice. This wonderfully rich and readable book features interviews with more than 40 of our most important authors discussing their literary style, including: </p> <p align=center>Dave Barry<br /> Harold Bloom<br /> Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer<br /> Bill Bryson<br /> Michael Chabon<br /> Andrei Codrescu<br /> Junot Díaz<br /> Adam Gopnik<br /> Jamaica Kincaid<br /> Michael Kinsley<br /> Elmore Leonard<br /> Elizabeth McCracken <br /> Susan Orlean<br /> Cynthia Ozick<br /> Anna Quindlen<br /> Jonathan Raban<br /> David Thomson<br /> Tobias Wolff</p> Synopsis:Yagoda offers an in-depth look at the importance of a writer's individual style or "voice," based on interviews with more than 40 outstanding contemporary writers. He points out, for instance, that Elmore Leonard and Toni Morrison avoid adverbs, while Christopher Hitchens uses them.
Synopsis:In writing, style matters. Our favorite writers often entertain, move, and inspire us less by what they say than by how they say it. In The Sound on the Page, acclaimed author, teacher, and critic Ben Yagoda offers practical and incisive help for writers on developing and discovering their own style and voice. This wonderfully rich and readable book features interviews with more than 40 of our most important authors discussing their literary style, including: Dave Barry About the AuthorBen Yagoda is the author of About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and Will Rogers. He is coeditor, with Kevin Kerrane, of The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The American Scholar, Esquire, and many other publications. Yagoda directs the journalism department at the University of Delaware, where he teaches nonfiction writing. He lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two daughters. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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