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  <title><![CDATA[The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing]]></title>
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  <default_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 &lt;b&gt;The Sound on the Page&lt;/b&gt;, acclaimed author, teacher, and critic &lt;b&gt;Ben Yagoda&lt;/b&gt; 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 D&#237;az
Adam Gopnik
Jamaica Kincaid
Michael Kinsley
Elmore Leonard
Elizabeth McCracken 
Susan Orlean
Cynthia Ozick
Anna Quindlen
Jonathan Raban
David Thomson
Tobias Wolff</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just saw this book on my shelves, and I was like, &quot;I should probably read this.&quot;]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Voice is one of the hardest things to describe, let alone teach, in writing. This long-time writer, editor, and teacher weaves together interviews with some of the best writers working in English (from Greil Marcus to Junot Díaz) to get that roots of this pesky thing called “style.”]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book totally helped me think more critically about my writing style and how to improve it. I wish there were more books out there like this one.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The introduction has an entertaining take-down of Strunk and White. The rest of the book is in serious need of an editor.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The few pages I skimmed were pretentious and snobby and peppered with the f-word. I decide not to waste my time on it.]]></body>
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