Radio on

Description

What does our country sound like? There are approximately 502 million radios in America alone. Radios in cars, in kitchens, in malls, playing in elevators and beauty shops. Sarah Vowell listened to the radio for one year and wrote down her impressions.

Product Details

Price

$19.99 $18.59

Publisher

St. Martins Press-3PL

Publish Date

December 15, 1997

Pages

256

Dimensions

5.5 X 8.5 X 0.6 inches | 0.65 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9780312183011

BISAC Categories:

Radio - Reference

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About the Author

Called a national treasure by David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell has been a contributing editor to public radio's This American Life since 1996. She is also the author of the bestsellers Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot.

Reviews

"A cranky stylist with talent to burn." --Newsweek

"A sparky, ferociously intelligent examination of a medium that people forget about from one of the most promising young journalists I've come across recently." --Nick Hornby

"The magic really begins when you sense Vowell is absorbing radio as much as listening to it." --The Toronto Star

"She's very aware of how radio can divide and conquer" --Charles Taylor, the Boston Phoenix

"Her diary is more the coming-of-age story of a young critic, soundtrack included." --Chicago Tribune

"Radio On escapes its own insularity through its insistence on the language of desire: the wish for a country where every citizen isn't bent on seceding into his or her own Private Idaho, where it is still possible to speak and be heard." --Howard Hampton, the Village Voice

"Her comments on what she heard are illuminating and smart." --Gina Arnold, East Bay Express

"Vowell's touch is about as delicate as Teddy Kennedy's after a pitcher of martinis." --Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

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