Radio On: A Listener's Diary - Softcover

"A cranky stylist with talent to burn." --Newsweek

"A sparky, ferociously intelligent examination of a medium that people forget about from one of the most promising young journalists I've come across recently." --Nick Hornby

"The magic really begins when you sense Vowell is absorbing radio as much as listening to it." --The Toronto Star

"She's very aware of how radio can divide and conquer" --Charles Taylor, the Boston Phoenix

"Her diary is more the coming-of-age story of a young critic, soundtrack included." --Chicago Tribune

"Radio On escapes its own insularity through its insistence on the language of desire: the wish for a country where every citizen isn't bent on seceding into his or her own Private Idaho, where it is still possible to speak and be heard." --Howard Hampton, the Village Voice

"Her comments on what she heard are illuminating and smart." --Gina Arnold, East Bay Express

"Vowell's touch is about as delicate as Teddy Kennedy's after a pitcher of martinis." --Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times