In The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want Garret Keizer mines the history of noise from its beginnings (at the dawn of human civilization) through modern society to offer a comprehensive portrait of an under-examined, defining force in our world. As Keizer sees it, most of us dismiss noise as a ‘weak’ issue. (We might lose sleep if we live next to the highway, but noise annoyances aren’t deadly). In lifting the lid on noise however, Keizer illustrates how noise offers us the very key to understanding some of the most pressing issues of our time—from climate change to genocide. The larger issues now facing us are, as he contends, the result of our disdain for so-called weak issues concerning lesser creatures and smaller pleasures and concerns.
The Author
Garret Keizer is has written five books, among them the critically acclaimed Help: The Original Human Dilemma, The Enigma of Anger, and A Dresser of Sycamore Trees. He is a regular contributor to Harper's Magazine and to The Christian Century. He has served as a Episcopal priest and a High School English teacher. A Guggenheim fellow, he grew up in New Jersey and now lives with his family in Northeastern Vermont.
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3 March 2010
9 February 2010
