Eavesdropping
By: Stephen Kuusisto
3.95
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
A memoir of blindness and listening rendered with a poet's delight by the author of the acclaimed P…
Want to Read $ 23.95"My own hearing has become careful and algebraic."-Stephen Kuusisto, Eavesdropping
"My own hearing has become careful and algebraic."-Stephen Kuusisto, Eavesdropping
"I had to slow down. If I was going to listen to Venice properly I needed to hear the cadence of the place. I needed to stand still. <...> I thought of Whitman observing the parade of humanity with lewd concentration. Walt had a good ear. He loved opera and knew how to sit perfectly still."-Stephen Kuusisto, Eavesdropping
"I had to slow down. If I was going to listen to Venice properly I needed to hear the cadence of the place. I needed to stand still. <...> I thought of Whitman observing the parade of humanity with lewd concentration. Walt had a good ear. He loved opera and knew how to sit perfectly still."-Stephen Kuusisto, Eavesdropping
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24. Eavesdropping
By: Stephen Kuusisto
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Format: 201 pages, Paperback
A memoir of blindness and listening rendered with a poet's delight by the author of the acclaimed P… read more
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