Many thanks to all those who sent in stories for my forthcoming book about the politics and history of noise. Though I was able to use only a handful of the many stories sent to me, nearly all of them helped to increase my understanding of noise and my confidence that the subject was worth pursuing. 

My book is now completed and will be published on May 4, 2010 by Public Affairs Books with the title The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want. It ought to be available in stores by mid-April.

Public Affairs has more information, and The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want can be preordered online (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s) or at your local bookstore.

I will continue to use this website to make announcements about the book as its publication date nears.  If you have a question pertaining to the book, you can contact me using the form below, though I ask your patience in awaiting a reply.

I am a freelance writer and contributing editor to Harper’s Magazine. I am the author of six books, including Help: The Original Human Dilemma (HarperCollins, 2004). My work has also appeared in The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Lapham’s Quarterly, Mother Jones, The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002, and The Best American Essays in 2007 and 2009. I live and work in northeastern Vermont.

For more information about noise, contact The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse at www.nonoise.org (not a sponsor of this site but an invaluable resource for this writer).