Listening is an Act of Love (Penguin Books for English: Developmental)
by Dave Isay
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Author: Dave IsayEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-05-21
ISBN: 0143114344
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Summary: 5 Stars
What could have been a gimmick for selling a book - creating booths where everyday folk could enter undisturbed and simply talk about experiences, life, pain, joy, sorrow and exhilaration to be later transcribed and edited into a book of 'interviews' - has in the hands of StoryCorps Project's Dave Isay become a verbal history of this country at a time when positive reinforcement is so desperately needed.
In a short but tender Introduction Isay sets the tenor: 'StoryCorps is built on a few basic ideas - that our stories - the stories of everyday people - are as interesting and important as the celebrity stories we're bombarded with by the media every day. That if we take time to listen, we'll find wisdom, wonder, and poetry in the lives and stories of people all around us. That we all want to know our lives have mattered and we won't be forgotten. That listening is an act of love.'
What follows are stories from quiet people with much to say, tales that may at first seem inconsequential until the reader realizes these are truths shared generously by a wide spectrum of people. Many issues are addressed and each seems to supplement the overall feeling that every voice in the country is equally important, that there are no greater or better stories collected here. This is as 'democratic' a collection as possible.
At the end of the book is an invitation to each reader to participate in StoryCorps, an open ended guide on how to select storytellers, subject questions to ask, and favorite StoryCorps questions. Reading this book leaves us with a feeling of warmth and awareness and human kindness. Well worth keeping at the bedside! Grady Harp, June 09
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