“Pressing your ear to the speaker for a particularly quiet piece, you find yourself within kissing distance of his mutterers and monologists.”
“Indeed, Bellow's monologists usually share many of their creator's views, traits, and personal experiences.”
“On radio, talk was the coin of the realm, cheaper than music, so the aural medium nourished the verbal shenanigans of solo monologists, comedy duos, and babbling ensembles.”