Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices | About the Author

Paul Fleischman's career as a writer was his second choice. In an autobiographical sketch, he wrote, "If only I could write music I'd give up writing books in an instant." Through writing, however, this author has found that he can combine his literary talents with his love of music—he is challenged by the sound of words. Fleischman reports that he spends more time tinkering with the harmony of the sounds involved in composing a story than with figuring out the sense of it. For his recognition of the importance of a story's sound "shape," he gives credit to the many pleasurable hours...

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