I recently had the opportunity to interview the talented TaraShea Nesbit, author of THE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS, about the story and her writing process. She gives some wonderful insights into the origins of the book and her historical research of these women and their culture.
DetailsTHE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS by TaraShea Nesbit Read by Tavia Gilbert Nesbit’s well-researched novel looking back to the years 1943-45 and the creation of the A-bomb is made even better by Tavia Gilbert’s energetic, upbeat narration. The author takes a risk by making her narrator a collective “we.” Having no individual character to connect…
DetailsLast fall, I was privileged to be part of an award-winning cast of actors who narrated We Are Water by Wally Lamb, an ensemble performance that subsequently received an Earphones Award from AudioFile Magazine. To promote the book, the cast was invited to a public reading at BookCourt in Brooklyn in October, and in November, we were interviewed live by Judith Regan…
DetailsWE ARE WATER Wally Lamb Read by Wally Lamb, George Guidall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Tavia Gilbert, Richard Ferrone, Edoardo Ballerini, Cynthia Darlow, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Sandy Rustin In New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb’s new novel, Annie Oh falls in love with her Manhattan-based art dealer, Vivica, setting off a stick of emotional dynamite that…
DetailsMy recent conversation about the writing life with Kate Christensen, author of Blue Plate Special, was featured in Library Journal. Read about how our serendipitous meeting at a pilates class turned into a professional partnership and friendship that resulted in a beautiful recording of Kate’s food-based memoir.
BLUE PLATE SPECIAL An Autobiography of My Appetites Kate Christensen, Read by Tavia Gilbert • Unabridged • AUGUST 2013 Random House Audio • Trade Ed. Books on Tape • Library Ed. Tavia Gilbert’s voice is lovely and full of sensitivity, enthusiasm, and ruefulness–the perfect choice to convey Kate Christensen’s eventful life. Christensen vividly remembers both the shock and…
DetailsLET ME STAND ALONE The Journals of Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie, Read by Tavia Gilbert, Edward Asner • Unabridged • JUNE 2013 Blackstone Audiobooks • Trade Ed. Blackstone Audiobooks • Library Ed. Narrator Tavia Gilbert captures every facet of Rachel Corrie’s journey from middle school in Olympia, Washington, to her death at 23 beneath a bulldozer blade in…
DetailsI admit that I’d completely forgotten about this interview, until Recorded Books Tweeted a link to me this afternoon. It was a pleasant surprise to find that the conversation had been published on the Book Reporter blog, the last in their series of narrator talks in honor of “June is Audiobook Month,” the audiobook community’s annual…
DetailsOne of the last gifts my husband gave me before we divorced was an orchid on Mother’s Day. We never had children together, but we played the role of surrogate parents to a few young men who were adrift in the world, without families that were shaped the way one might expect, or the way…
DetailsMy equilibrium has been completely thrown off. After sleeping some nights eight, ten, even twelve hours, the feeling of being rested and refreshed eludes me. Light filtering through the shades this morning awakened me at 5:45 a.m. My head was full of cotton and time and space were unclear. Was it Sunday? Was it Tuesday?…
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