Award-winning producer & director for Penguin Random House Audio. She/her. Opinions my own.
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Okay, I am officially smitten with the new book by @DanielDKraus, The Ghost That Ate Us. Daniel, you are so weird and wonderful and this book is freaking brilliant!
Reading the upcoming short story collection from George Saunders and man, as much of his stuff as I’ve read and recorded over the years, I am continually bowled over by the quality (and quantity!) of love and laughs and heartbreak in his work. The absolute best. ❤️
#SomebodySomewhere is such an excellent piece of work. @bridgeteverett is simply wonderful in every way. I’ve loved it all, but both episodes directed by @jayduplass were standouts. Watch this show!
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The beautiful thing about the #1619Project audio books is that you get to hear the authors read their essays, poetry and fiction in their own voices, the way that the works sounded in their heads when they wrote them. Something distinctly powerful about that. For the ages.
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Available for your eyes & ears on 11/16, I urge you to read this truly transformative collection of work from some of America's finest historians, scholars, and writers, led by the remarkable @nhannahjones. We are so proud of these recordings and grateful to all the contributors.
Last chance! Looking for a diverse group of actors who are interested in audiobooks! Application deadline is tomorrow night!
PRH Audio Narrator Mentorship Program is here! Actors new to audiobooks get the chance to work with our producers to strengthen their craft & gain industry knowledge.
Now accepting applications for January–June 2022 session. Deadline is 10/31.
Apply now: penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/…
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This line-up of scholars, writers, thinkers, poets, are among the best that this nation has to offer. A book by and for the descendants of a people for whom it was once illegal to read and write. A testimony. The embodiment of so many dreams deferred, but never quelled. Nov. 16.
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We’re recording the audio version of the #1619Project book and there is something beautiful and powerful knowing people will be able to hear the essays as each of the writers heard them as they wrote. Out Nov. 16, available for pre-order now.
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#WelcomingWeek "Skillful soundscaping & a full cast heighten the atmosphere & emotion... inspired by the childhood of @OmarMohamedSW” w/ @rmilesvox @RealFaysalAhmed @RealBarkhad @ifrahMansour @TheRealBahniT @cccavila et al #EarphonesAward @LLAudiobooks bit.ly/2SHxqpe
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For no particular reason... .... posting the table of contents for the #1619Project book. A lot of unintimidated historians here.
I really love this debut novel by Hanna Halperin, read to perfection by @TheOtherRebecca. Pubs today! @PRHAudio
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Reading the upcoming novel by @LizStrout and let me tell you, it’s another knockout. I can’t adequately express how much I love her writing and how deeply I connect to it.
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Today we are launching a solution - a grant to Muslim filmmakers and a blueprint for the industry to take up NOW, please help spread the word. pillarsfund.org/muslims-in-f…
ALT Muslim characters are missing in popular film. Popular films by country between 2017-2019. 181 of 200 Films had no muslim characters at all. 84% of 32 Australian Films. 91% of 100 US Films. 92.1% of 63 UK Films. 100% of New Zealand Films. 90.5% Films were missing Muslim Characters. Only 1.6% of 8,965 speaking characters were Muslim. Yet 24% of the global population is Muslim.
ALT Solutions The Pillars Artist Fellowship. $25,000 Award for Muslim storytellers. The advisory committee for The Pillars Artist Fellowship include: Riz Ahmed, Mahershala Ali, Sana Amanat, Karim Amer, Rosa Attab, Lena Khan, Nida Manzoor, Hasan Minhaj, Jehane Noujaim and Ramy Youssef. Check out the Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion at: www.pillarsfund.org/visibility-challenge
What a list. I love these people. Enormous talent across the board. blog.libro.fm/black-narrator…
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The Bench, the new children’s book on sale today from Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex and illustrator Christian Robinson, read by the author, captures the evolving relationship between father & son and reminds us of the ways love can take shape and be expressed in a modern family.
I will be rooting hard for Chloe Zhao to win Best Director tonight. I absolutely loved Nomadland and think her talents as a filmmaker are boundless. More women behind the camera please!
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PRH Audio Narrator Mentorship Program is here! Actors new to audiobooks get the chance to work with our producers to strengthen their craft & gain industry knowledge.
Now accepting applications for June–November 2021 session. Deadline is 5/14.
Apply now: bit.ly/3esGPvb
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A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN is an @AudioFileMag Earphones Award Winner!
"There is so much to glean from Saunders's musings, but the real stars, of course, are the stories themselves, read by a host of absolute first-rate name talents." bit.ly/39y9soY