Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of “Books That Sing”

Nicholas C. Laudadio is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he teaches courses in pop culture and pop-music studies as well as critical and cultural theory. He co-edited Disaster Pedagogy for Higher Education (Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2022) and is currently working on a history of electronic music and science fiction.

Nicholas C. Laudadio

Books That Sing: On Justin St. Clair’s “Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age”

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

Music

Nicholas C. Laudadio is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he teaches courses in pop culture and pop-music studies as well as critical and cultural theory. He co-edited Disaster Pedagogy for Higher Education (Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2022) and is currently working on a history of electronic music and science fiction.

Nicholas C. Laudadio

Articles

Books That Sing: On Justin St. Clair’s “Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age”