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Ira Glass on Storytelling

Cori — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:29:18 +0000

Yes, this is rather old … the original talk was all over the web earlier this year. But, it resonates for me again now as I work on Frankenstein and can hear that it’s not quite what I want it to be. There’s no obvious Thing To Fix, I couldn’t really say why I don’t feel like it hits the mark. But, I have to do it as it is, as I am, in order to improve at all and move a tiny bit closer to wherever it is I’m heading. And there’s no way to wait for that to happen, to put off recording the very best texts, because if I did that, I’d never ever be good enough to do them. A frustrating situation, but true for me.

Also, I don’t know what happens when I do Arrive. There could be a lot of rerecording to get through, while there are a LOT of other unread books out there waiting for me. Guess I’ll just figure that out when I get there. *smiles*

I love the “We hate the “I Hate Reading’ Facebook page” AbeBooks video

Cori — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:56:10 +0000

This is all.

Jane Austen’s Fight Club

Cori — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:22:14 +0000

Thanks to Mary Robinette Kowal for linking to this. Splendid!

A LibriVox Wiffiti thing

Cori — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:57 +0000

Just found a funky Flash gadget which pulls Tweets on my chosen topics of “LibriVox”, “public domain” and “free audio” together into a nice dooflip. Would be awesome at conferences, where everyone’s got a hashtag in common!

Visit http://wiffiti.com/ to make your own!

Communication in modern culture

Cori — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:46:24 +0000

Another great video … this one is about the constant undermining of decisive speech by, like, you know, nambypamby fillers. I’d like it more without the audience noise, I confess, but that’s just a picky detail.

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.


Poem by Taylor Mali.

Via Tom Elliot (whose website seems to be having a funny moment, otherwise I’d link to it.)

Fire and Ice by Robert Frost – dance & music mix

Cori — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:24:09 +0000

Every now and again I search YouTube to see what people are doing with LibriVox files or saying about the site. And found a really lovely video – this is a dance to a remix of Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice. You can hear my read along with lots of other LibriVoxers (it was a Poem of the Week, so remixers have lots of versions to choose from.)

From the Youtube description:

Cera Byer, the visionary behind Damage Control Dance Theatre and Shoebox Studio, dances to “Fire and Ice” from Manko Eponymous’ 2008 cd “Kaihealoha.” Original poem by Robert Frost, performed by librivox.org volunteers.