| The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing Contributor(s): Yagoda, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060938226 ISBN-13: 9780060938222 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Academic & Scholarly - Language Arts & Disciplines | Style Manuals |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Yagoda, Ben: - 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. |