Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines
by Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deveare Smith's award-winning one-woman shows were borne of her uniquely brilliant ability to listen. In Talk to Me she applies her rare talent to the language of political power in America. Believing that character and language are inextricably bound, Smith sets out to discern the essence of America by listening to its people and trying to capture its politics. To that end she travels to some of America's most conspicuous places, like the presidential conventions of 1996, and some of show more its darkest corners, like a women's prison in Maryland. And along the way she interviews everyone from janitors to murderers to Bill Clinton himself. Memoir, social commentary, meditation on language, this book is as vastly ambitious as it is compellingly unique. show lessTags
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Anna Deavere Smith is an acclaimed actress, playwright, author, and teacher. Smith rose to prominence with her verbatim theater pieces Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992. She is also known for her performances in the films The American President, Philadelphia, and Rachel Getting Married, and her recurring roles on TV's black-ish, show more The West Wing, and Nurse Jackie. Smith is the recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, two Tony nominations, and she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. She received the 2012 National Humanities Award from President Obama. show less
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- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to m mother, Anna Y. Smith, / a teacher in the Baltimore Public Schools, who was also among / the first people to talk to me.
- First words
- I packed an overnight bag and counted out eighty dollars, all the money I had in the world.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I've got to see my cardiologist!
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 306.2 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Political institutions
- LCC
- E885 .S63 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Clinton's administrations, 1993-2001
- BISAC
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- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
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