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Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps
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Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project Tapa blanda - 2008

de Dave Isay (Editor); Introduction by Dave Isay

As heard on NPR a wondrous nationwide celebration ofour shared humanity

StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selectsthe most memorable stories from StoryCorps' collection, creating a moving portrait ofAmerican life.

The voices here connect us to real people and their lives to their experiences ofprofound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to gooddeeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied theAmerican storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. Weare our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchinglyreminds us of this powerful truth.

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As heard on NPR?a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity

StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps? collection, creating a moving portrait of American life.

The voices here connect us to real people and their lives?to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or stereotype. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.

Información de la editorial

Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. Dave has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He is the author (or coauthor) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago and Flophouse. He and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman, live in Brooklyn.
Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. Dave has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He is the author (or coauthor) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago and Flophouse. He and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman, live in Brooklyn.

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  • Título Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project
  • Autor Dave Isay (Editor); Introduction by Dave Isay
  • Encuadernación Tapa blanda
  • Edición [ Edition: Repri
  • Páginas 320
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Penguin Books, New York
  • Fecha de publicación 2008-10-28
  • Ilustrado
  • ISBN 9780143114345 / 0143114344
  • Peso 0.58 libras (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensiones 7.7 x 5.08 x 0.76 pulgadas (19.56 x 12.90 x 1.93 cm)
  • Época de 18 a UP años
  • Cursos 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, United States - History - 1945-
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Reseñas en medios

“Each interview is a revelation.”—USA Today

“ As heartwarming as a holiday pumpkin pie and every bit as homey . . . what emerges in these compelling pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody awards, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, and the 2015 TED Prize. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work, including four StoryCorps books: Listening Is an Act of Love (2007), Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps (2010), All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (2012), and Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps (2013).
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