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Dead White Guys
- Author
- Matt Burriesci
- Narrator
- Lloyd James
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 May 2015
- Run Time
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Matt Burriesci set out to write a book about thirty-two great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life. As someone who has spent a long and successful career advocating for great literature, Burriesci defends the great books in this series of tender and candid letters, rich in personal experience and full of humor.
Dead White Guys is a timely defense of the great books, arriving in the middle of a national debate about the fate of these books in high schools and universities around the country. Burriesci shows how the great books can enrich our lives as individuals, as citizens, and in our careers. Extending the argument first made by Anna Quindlen on the act of reading itself, How Reading Changed My Life —“It is like the rubbing of two sticks together to make a fire, the act of reading, an improbable pedestrian task that leads to heat and light”—Burriesci reminds us all of the enormous impact reading has on our lives.
Critics Review
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“In an age of moral and political confusion, Matt Burriesci’s Dead White Guys offers a passionate, erudite remedy, mixed with a father’s gentle humor and deep love.”
Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire
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Details
- Author
- Matt Burriesci
- Narrator
- Lloyd James
- Duration
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 May 2015
- ISBN
- 9781481531368
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Literature: history and criticism, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Parenting: advice and issues, Quotations, proverbs and sayings, Philosophy, Literacy
Synopsis
After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Matt Burriesci set out to write a book about thirty-two great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life. As someone who has spent a long and successful career advocating for great literature, Burriesci defends the great books in this series of tender and candid letters, rich in personal experience and full of humor.Dead White Guys is a timely defense of the great books, arriving in the middle of a national debate about the fate of these books in high schools and universities around the country. Burriesci shows how the great books can enrich our lives as individuals, as citizens, and in our careers. Extending the argument first made by Anna Quindlen on the act of reading itself, How Reading Changed My Life —“It is like the rubbing of two sticks together to make a fire, the act of reading, an improbable pedestrian task that leads to heat and light”—Burriesci reminds us all of the enormous impact reading has on our lives.
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