Joe Moran

Author of First you write a sentence : a primer for writing, reading ... and life

13 Works 608 Members 22 Reviews

About the Author

Joe Moran is professor of English and cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. His previous books include On Roads: A Hidden History, which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

Works by Joe Moran

On Roads: A Hidden History (2009) 104 copies

Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime (2007) 100 copies

First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life (2019) 95 copies

Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness (2016) 66 copies

Interdisciplinarity (2001) 44 copies

Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV (2013) 42 copies

Reading the Everyday (2005) 23 copies

If You Should Fail: A Book of Solace (2020) 16 copies

Star Authors: Literary Celebrity in America (2000) 5 copies

Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime by Joe Moran (2007-05-04) (1836) 1 copy

Shrinking Violets Lib/E: The Secret Life of Shyness (2021) 1 copy

"Simple Words": Peter Ackroyd's Autobiography of Oscar Wilde 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1970-03-24
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Education: University of Sussex (DPhil|American Studies)
University of Leeds
Occupations: social historian
cultural historian
Organizations: Liverpool John Moores University

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First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of… by Joe Moran

Almost perfect

One of the most enjoyable books about writing that I have read. Moran practices what he preaches, in his own words, and the examples he chooses. Until he arrives at the end...

The three 'biographies' are moving and beautifully illustrative - but would be better woven elsewhere in the text. And the remaining paragraphs continue selling something this reader has already bought.

A very useful, instructive book to which I will return - without the final chapter.… (more)

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Parthurbook | 2 other reviews | Nov 6, 2023 |

First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of… by Joe Moran

It's marvelous to write a perfect sentence, but for a book to be even decent, it needs to be more than perfect sentence after perfect sentence. I found this book profoundly exhausting.

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autoclave | 2 other reviews | Oct 4, 2021 |