What The Reviewers Say

Positive

Based on 5 reviews

This Is the Voice

John Colapinto

What The Reviewers Say

Positive

Based on 5 reviews

This Is the Voice

John Colapinto

Rave
Mary Roach,
The New York Times Book Review
... exemplary.
Positive
Priscilla Kipp,
Bookpage
[Colapinto] diligently delivers his newfound knowledge and hard-earned perspective, aided by an exhaustive lineup of scholars, scientists, historians, physicians and voice artists. From Cicero to rock stars to demagogues to opera divas to newborns, Colapinto learns, enlightens and entertains.
Positive
Joan Curbow,
Booklist
... heavily researched.
Positive
Kirkus
An expert popular science account of human speech.
Positive
Publishers Weekly
Colapinto explains fundamental aspects of the human voice, including the physiology that makes human speech possible (e.g., neural circuitry and the organs involved); how tone, pitch, and accent can have social relevance for men and women.