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Listening to the Page: Adventures in Reading and Writing Revised Edition
Author(s): Alan Cheuse (Author)
- Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2002
- Edition: Revised
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0231122713
- ISBN-13: 9780231122719
Book Description
The National Public Radio commentator shares the story of his evolution from a reader into a writer in a series of essays on his greatest literary influences, from Hemingway to Elizabeth Tallent.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The learned, lively, and handsomely crafted essays in this collection revive some neglected authors as varied as the dazzling Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier, the magisterial Tom Wolfe (the elder), and the Russian memoirist Lidiya Ginsburg... [Cheuse's] essays are instructive, his enthusiasm contagious, his views unobjectionable. -- Ulrich Baer, New York University Library Journal Steady, but also passionate, boundlessly receptive, but willing to tender strong judgment, Alan Cheuse is the reader any writer would want. For the same reasons, he is a writer serious readers will feel instantly connected to. Listening to the Page is a generous and wise and quietly instructive book of essays. -- Sven Birkerts This is a fascinating book-and why not? Cheuse has probably read as much as anyone ever. -- Marvin J. LaHood World Literature Today Despite his several novels and story collections, Alan Cheuse remains best known as the book critic on the public radio show 'All Things Considered.' The essays collected in Listening to the Page are longer and deeper than his pithy radio reviews and reveal a commitment to reading as a passionate engagement with life. -- Jacob Molyneux San Francisco Chronicle [An] incisive and vivifying essay collection... Cheuse is wholly engaged and creative, stoking readers' hunger and helping them understand the bounty of their pursuit. Booklist Learned, lively, and handsomely crafted essays. -- Ulrich Baer Library Journal
About the Author
Alan Cheuse is a fiction writer, a long-time critic, and the book commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. He is the author of eight books including The Grandmothers'Club, The Light Possessed, The Tennessee Waltz and Other Stories, and the memoir Fall Out of Heaven. He has written for many national publications and has taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan, among other places. He currently serves as a member of the writing program at George Mason University.
