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  • In Praise of Listening: A Gathering of Stories
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In Praise of Listening: A Gathering of Stories Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Christian McEwen (Author, Narrator), Tantor Media (Publisher)
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In her latest book, In Praise of Listening, Christian McEwen reflects on listening (silence, music, nature, prayer) in a series of thoughtful chapters, each one focused on a different theme. When an athlete speaks of "listening to his body," or a gardener describes herself as "listening to the land," when writers and artists explain that they are "listening" to their work-in-progress, they are using the word as she chooses to use it here—as an extended metaphor for openness and receptivity, rippling out from the self-centered human to the farthest reaches of the non-human world.

In Praise of Listening is a kind of sister or first cousin to McEwen's earlier, timely, and very popular, World Enough & Time, with the same emphasis on creativity and slowing down. As McEwen says: Most of us think of listening in fairly literal fashion: human beings listening (or not listening) to one another; the pleasure of attending to a familiar piece of music. But listening can have a far broader and more capacious meaning, moving out beyond the small apparatus of the ears to the hands or belly or enveloping spirit/mind.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 46 minutes
  2. Author
    Christian McEwen
  3. Narrator
    Christian McEwen
  4. Audible release date
    Dec 10 2024
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Media
  7. ASIN
    B0DP1MYTWB
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 46 minutes
Author Christian McEwen
Narrator Christian McEwen
Audible.ca Release Date December 10 2024
Publisher Tantor Media
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0DP1MYTWB
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  • Eloise Morley
    5.0 out of 5 stars An important book for every library.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024
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    McEwen brings to life the gifts that come from paying attention to sound. She shows how sound has informed the lives of artists, writers, philosophers, psychologists, spiritual seekers, children, and more. The book is filled with interviews and examples of these people's writings on sound. Chapters include: Children Listening, Listening Inwards, Sound Healing, The Little Sounds of Everyday, Writers Listening, The Sounds of Silence. I have given copies to many of my friends and "talk up" In Praise of Listening wherever I go. The book has become a companion; I am starting on my third read.
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