{"product_id":"the-sound-on-the-page-great-writers-talk-about-style-and-voice-in-writing-9780060938222","title":"The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn writing, style matters. Our favorite writers often entertain, move, and inspire us less by what they say than by how they say it. In \u003cem\u003eThe Sound on the Page\u003c\/em\u003e, 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Barry\u003cbr\u003eHarold Bloom\u003cbr\u003eSupreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer\u003cbr\u003eBill Bryson\u003cbr\u003eMichael Chabon\u003cbr\u003eAndrei Codrescu\u003cbr\u003eJunot D az\u003cbr\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003cbr\u003eJamaica Kincaid\u003cbr\u003eMichael Kinsley\u003cbr\u003eElmore Leonard\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth McCracken \u003cbr\u003eSusan Orlean\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Ozick\u003cbr\u003eAnna Quindlen\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Raban\u003cbr\u003eDavid Thomson\u003cbr\u003eTobias Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYagoda, Ben:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBen Yagoda is the author of \u003cem\u003eAbout Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year, and \u003cem\u003eWill Rogers\u003c\/em\u003e. He is coeditor, with Kevin Kerrane, of \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism\u003c\/em\u003e, and has written for The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523381039378,"sku":"9780060938222","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2189e22f-4dfe-426a-b2d3-1b7b8c7aeb5d.jpg?v=1731146277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sound-on-the-page-great-writers-talk-about-style-and-voice-in-writing-9780060938222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}