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Radio on: A Listener's Diary

by Sarah Vowell

A year of listening to American radio

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A year of listening to American radio

Sarah Vowell structures this book as a listener’s diary, drawing on a year spent paying close attention to radio. Its reflections connect the medium to contemporary American culture and society, making radio the starting point for considering how media and everyday life intersect. The diary format gives the subject a personal frame while keeping the focus on radio as a cultural presence.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in radio and its place in American culture
  • Readers who enjoy diary-form reflections on media and society

Themes

Radio and popular cultureMedia and societyListening and observation

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Book overview

There are approximately 502 million radios in America. For this savvy, far-reaching diary, celebrated journalist and author Sarah Vowell turned hers on and listened--closely, critically, creatively--for an entire year.

As a series of impressions and reflections regarding contemporary American culture, and as an extended meditation on both our media and our society, this keenly focused book is as insightful as it is refreshing.

Throughout Radio On, "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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