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Here's the link to Steve's reading on All Things Considered today.
It's an excerpt from Eavesdropping NPR has titled The Day the Wind Lured Me to Walk Into Traffic.
A big THANK YOU to the folks at NPR who worked so hard to track him down and make this happen.
~ Connie
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Nice job, Steve. I enjoyed listening.
Posted by: David | February 22, 2007 at 08:15 PM
So glad I was able to hear your reading of this passage. You use language so beautifully.
Posted by: Ruth | February 22, 2007 at 09:46 PM
Oh Steve, your lyrical voice was just what I needed to hear on this late February morning in upstate New York. Thanks for sharing your gifts with the rest of us.
Georgia
Posted by: Georgia Whitney | February 23, 2007 at 07:41 AM
That was great. I've read and enjoyed that passage several times, but hearing it read properly out loud adds something. The little bit of Ella at the end was just right, too.
Posted by: Lisa | February 23, 2007 at 08:53 AM