{"product_id":"the-heart-is-an-instrument-portraits-in-journalism-paperback","title":"The Heart Is an Instrument: Portraits in Journalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMadeleine Blais\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the foreword by Geneva Overholser. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is it about really fine writers, how they delight, intrigue, compel us? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Style, you say. But style is not something you begin with. Rather, it's what you end up with, a result of far more fundamental traits. Traits such as an ear and an eye and a heart, traits that Madeliene Blais has honed superbly well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a book well named: \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Is an Instrument: Portraits in Journalism. The\u003c\/i\u003e heart is surely first among Blais's gifts. Whether she is writing about the famous--playwright tennessee Williams, novelist Mary Gordon--or about the least elevated among us--a teenage prostitute infected with the AIDS virus, a homeless schizophrenic--she brings to her subjects an incomparable empathy.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese portraits are fascinating reading. Blais's storytelling instincts and techniques are superb. She knows how to weave in those seemingly insignificant details that reveal so much... - Nancy Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadeleine Blais is professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts. In 1980, while on the staff of the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald, \u003c\/i\u003e she won a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Her latest book is \u003ci\u003eIn These Girls Hope Is a Muscle.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.74 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984089841965,"sku":"9780870239427","price":52.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VUhpb2hwRVc4RW1WUWxiYWVPYWFDZz09.webp?v=1776081864","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-heart-is-an-instrument-portraits-in-journalism-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}