{"product_id":"9798216447870","title":"On Listening \u0026 Not Listening Living in the Age of Noise","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOn Listening \u0026amp; Not Listening\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiving in the Age of Noise\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas Larson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reflection on how to listen and pay attention amid the constant noise that saturates our public and private lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom podcasts sounding through earbuds to talk shows blaring from televisions, from the continuous stream of social media on our phones to doctors' waiting rooms with pumped-in music, we face different sounds, soothing and alarming. Some are welcome, some are not, but all demand our attention, often to distraction. Whether we're at home or out and about, someone or something is broadcasting-hoping to be heard. How do we navigate a culture, a society, like this? Through musical, literary, and cinematic examples-Stevie Wonder and David Bryne, James Joyce's “The Dead,” John Krasinski's \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Place\u003c\/i\u003e films, Don DeLillo's \u003ci\u003eThe Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, measured against Trumpspeak and a raging nation of podcasters and posters-Thomas Larson traces the dwindling influence of the artist's voice, and its chaotic replacement, everyone talking at once and very few listening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This multipart critique of our current audiosphere, its public nuisance and its private rapture, further explores the control our favored platforms and the unshutupable media have instilled, forcing us to adapt and fight back. \u003ci\u003eOn Listening \u0026amp; Not Listening: Living in the Age of Noise \u003c\/i\u003easks how we can manage the sound overload and indulge its joyful strains wisely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas Larson\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, book and music critic, and memoirist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpirituality and the Writer: A Personal Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eThe Sanctuary of Illness: A Memoir of Heart Disease \u003c\/i\u003e(2014)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' \u003c\/i\u003e(2010)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Memoir and the Memoirist: Reading and Writing Personal Narrative \u003c\/i\u003e(2007)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a 25-year staff writer of longform and investigative journalism for the \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, a former faculty member in the Ashland (Ohio) University MFA Program, and an editor at Wandering Aengus Press.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216447870\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52227881074828,"sku":"9798216447870","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216447870","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}