Items related to The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style...
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
Harold Bloom
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Bill Bryson
Michael Chabon
Andrei Codrescu
Junot Díaz
Adam Gopnik
Jamaica Kincaid
Michael Kinsley
Elmore Leonard
Elizabeth McCracken
Susan Orlean
Cynthia Ozick
Anna Quindlen
Jonathan Raban
David Thomson
Tobias Wolff
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
From Booklist:
Ben 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.
Yagoda begins his penetrating, historically based inquiry into the allure of literature with a deceptively simple premise: "Style matters." But what exactly do we mean by style? And how does style relate to voice? Yagoda, the notably lucid author of About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made (2000), establishes two stylistic poles: the "transparent" prose advocated by Strunk and White's Elements of Style and style as self-expression and the embodiment of a moral viewpoint. Seeking understanding of a "middle style" that combines the best of both, Yagoda--splendidly well read, inquisitive, and perceptive--spoke with 40 diverse writers about style and voice, and excerpts from his interviews with the likes of Harold Bloom, Toni Morrison, Elmore Leonard, Gish Jen, Dave Barry, Ann Beattie, and Billy Collins enliven his cogent running commentary with revelations of everything from whether writers use pens or computers to how a writer strikes a balance between spoken and written language. In sum, Yagoda has forged a sophisticated and scintillating writer's resource in sync with today's thriving MFA writing programs. Donna Seaman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0060938226
- ISBN 13 9780060938222
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 7.01
Shipping:
US$ 4.25
From Canada to U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page
Published by
Harper Collins
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Seller Inventory # 9780060938222B
Buy New
US$ 7.01
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing by Yagoda, Ben [Paperback ]
Published by
Harper Perennial
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780060938222
Buy New
US$ 14.50
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page Format: Paperback
Published by
Harper Collins Publishers
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780060938222
Buy New
US$ 11.49
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Harper Perennial 6/28/2005
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing 0.4. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780060938222
Buy New
US$ 15.50
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing
Published by
Harper Perennial
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0060938226
Buy New
US$ 15.77
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing [Paperback] Yagoda, Ben
Published by
Harper Perennial
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780060938222
Buy New
US$ 12.88
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing
Published by
Harper Perennial
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2215580003143
Buy New
US$ 14.42
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing
Published by
Harper Perennial
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780060938222
Buy New
US$ 19.00
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Sound on the Page (Paperback)
Published by
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 BarryHarold BloomSupreme Court Justice Stephen BreyerBill BrysonMichael ChabonAndrei CodrescuJunot DiazAdam GopnikJamaica KincaidMichael KinsleyElmore LeonardElizabeth McCracken Susan OrleanCynthia OzickAnna QuindlenJonathan RabanDavid ThomsonTobias Wolff 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780060938222
Buy New
US$ 19.55
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing
Published by
Harper Perennial
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0060938226
ISBN 13: 9780060938222
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ00L0N7_ns
Buy New
US$ 20.12
Convert currency