The Sound on the Page - by Ben Yagoda (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><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 <em>The Sound on the Page</em>, 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: </p><p>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><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Ben Yagoda [is] the best kind of close reader, attentive to writerly choices that most of us take for granted."--<em>Wall Street Journal</em><br><br>"...offers not only the author's amazingly informative narrative, but points us toward...the trial and error inherent in creativity."--Ann Beattie<br><br>"...the right mix of seriousness and wit, anecdote and insight."--Billy Collins<br><br>"[Ben Yagoda] is witty and offhandedly erudite and unafraid to read between the lines..."--Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and Secret Parts of Fortune<br><br>"A shrewd, welcome meditation on literary style... that rarest of tomes: a splendidly written book about writing."--Philadelphia Inquirer<br><br>"A stylish exploration of developing a distinctive voice and writing style."--Chicago Tribune<br><br>"This entertaining and instructive book should be part of any writing collection."--Library Journal<br><br>"This is an ingenious and memorable exploration of writing's soul..."--Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo<br>
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