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From: bfahey at comcast.net <bfahey>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:05 +0000
Not a kid's author by a long shot, but listening to Toni Morrison read "Beloved" was soul stirring. I did lots of rewinding on that one.
Brian
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Robin Smith" <smithr at ensworth.com>
> Celeste said-
> I mean no disrespect, but sometimes the author just doesn't do his or
> her own work justice.
>
> Maybe, but...
>
> I don't listen enough to know, but I adore Jack Gantos's reading of his
> books. Once I heard Suzanne Fisher Staples say she would pay to hear
> Jack read the toothpaste box. I agree!
>
> Robin
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Received on Tue 04 Mar 2008 08:02:05 PM CST
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:05 +0000
Not a kid's author by a long shot, but listening to Toni Morrison read "Beloved" was soul stirring. I did lots of rewinding on that one.
Brian
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Robin Smith" <smithr at ensworth.com>
> Celeste said-
> I mean no disrespect, but sometimes the author just doesn't do his or
> her own work justice.
>
> Maybe, but...
>
> I don't listen enough to know, but I adore Jack Gantos's reading of his
> books. Once I heard Suzanne Fisher Staples say she would pay to hear
> Jack read the toothpaste box. I agree!
>
> Robin
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