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Not Quite a Stranger
This collection of fifty-three personal essays by David Bouchier isn't quite a travel book or a memoir. With many of these essays originally broadcast on National Public Radio stations in New York and Connecticut, Not Quite a Stranger provides a lively portrait of France and the French through the unique voice of a beloved commentator. With this book, you'll love reliving Bouchier's romantic attempt to establish himself as a Bohemian intellectual in Paris and look at the City of Lights with a fresh perspective. You'll also enjoy exploring French village life alongside Bouchier and his wife, Diane, examining the countryside, history, art, social habits, and local politics. And then there are ...
Journal of the Eightieth Year: The Five Seasons
A thoughtful and entertaining journal of the eightieth year in the life of writer and teacher David Bouchier. He begins with an affectionate memory of his father, who died just before achieving the same age. He determines to make the most of the year his father never had. His mini-memoir takes us from birthday to birthday, from winter to winter, each season stimulating memories from the past. Always accompanied by his beloved wife Diane (who claims that he is only six) Bouchier does his best to carry on as if old age was not happening. Determined to stay alive and stay active he obstinately continues to teach a large class in classical music at the local university, deals with all the usual old age illnesses, including increasing deafness, and struggles with his own uncertainty about what full retirement would mean, and whether he is qualified to do it. The journal ends with his ironic reflections on age and death as he heads into uncharted territory.
Writer at Work
Writer at Work is the book about writing that somebody had to write. It's a report from the front lines by a working writer with a lifetime of experience in everything from literary fiction to radio and newspaper reporting. Writer at Work is full of provocative opinions and unexpected diversions. It combines practical advice, based on the author's long experience as a writing instructor, with lively and often funny reflections on the writing life. Writer at Work gives you the information, the excitement, the debates and the inspiration that you would find at a first-class writers' conference. This is the guide book you need to step up from being an amateur to being an professional writer.
Composers
Behind the music--intrigue--romance--tragedy and genius... Fandex celebrates great composers, their work, and the world of classical music. Discover the first musical superstar--Lizst. The bourgeois Bach behind the heavenly Brandenburgs. Brahms, who grew up playing piano in bars and brothels, and Stravinsky, whose work incited a full-scale riot. It's every music lover's handheld deck of knowledge.
A Few Well Chosen Words
Ironic commentary on miscellaneous topics from the author's perspective as an English immigrant to the U.S. These commentaries were originally broadcast on National Public Radio stations WSHU & WSUF in Long Island, New York, and Connecticut.
The Accidental Immigrant
Transatlantic humorist David Bouchier brings wit, wisdom and a touch of philosophy to the everyday dramas of American suburban life. This book brings together more than a hundred essays, originally broadcast on National Public Radio, or published in his Out of Order column in the Sunday New York Times. When work and marriage brought David Bouchier to Long Island in 1986 the endless suburbs seemed mysterious and exotic to him. He was inspired to begin writing essays and newspaper columns about his life there - a personal and public diary of the Resident Alien experience. In 1992 a weekly public radio essay was added to the newspaper columns, and thousands of listeners still enjoy David's weekly radio broadcasts. These are the affectionate and sometimes acerbic observations of an Accidental Immigrant, who still finds life in America endlessly stimulating and wonderfully strange. David Bouchier's thoughts about love, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the suburbs will make you smile, and make you think. Boring suburban rituals like lawn care mall shopping, wedding rehearsals, and barbecues will never seem the same again.
Peripheral Vision
David Bouchier brings humor and insight to the oddities and puzzles of everyday life, from wine labels to meditation and yard sales. These entertaining commentaries were first broadcast on public radio stations in Long Island and Connecticut (91.1 FM WSHU and 89.9 FM WSUF), where Bouchier's quirky sense of humor has made him the best-known public radio personality in the region. He also hosts a popular classical music program, "Sunday Matinée," on the same stations.
Out of Order
David Bouchier brings humor and insight to the quirks and perplexities of everyday life. These perceptive essays were first broadcast on stations of the WSHU Public Radio Network in Long Island and Connecticut, where Bouchier's ironic wit has made him one of the best known public radio personalities in the region. He is also host of the podcast "A Few Well Chosen Words." Out of Order is the latest collection of his radio commentaries, covering the past four extraordinary years. He brings a fresh approach to everything, including the insanity of politics in an election year and the COVID-19 hysteria. Other essays take on the wild world of social media, DNA testing and ancestor worship, magical thinking, and unreliable advice columns. They all find a place in this latest compendium of astute observations and whimsical opinions.
Radical Citizenship
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The Song of Suburbia
Award-winning humorist and radio personality David Bouchier has been called "The H.L. Mencken of the subdivisions." He applies his satirical wit, wisdom, and a touch of philosophy to the everyday dramas of suburban life. In this second collection of essays, originally broadcast on National Public Radio stations WSHU and WSUF in Long Island and Connecticut, he explores and explains such quintessentially suburban themes as: the the trauma of an empty driveway; romance in the catering hall; a visit from the exterminator; the metaphysics of golf; and the lament of the suburban commuter.
