We’re going to give you some pointers on how to do things and we’re going to change your performance a bit and then we’ll resubmit.” And when we did, it was what they were looking for and I got approved for fiction and then nonfiction. But our clients like things a certain way. The folks that ran the studio said, “You know, you really are pretty good at this. I auditioned and I was promptly rejected. I thought, what can I do for anybody here? So I approached American Foundation for the Blind. So I’m in New York, I have no community service and I felt so strange. I used to sing with a group in nursing homes. My mom and my dad would write resumes and rearrange resumes. My parents used to do resumes for minority kids who were trying to get jobs. In my family, we’ve always had community service. You got your start recording for America Foundation for the Blind. Here is an edited version of our conversation: I recently had the opportunity to talk with Robin Miles. Pretty soon, I was looking forward to my long run day and choosing books I would have otherwise overlooked specifically because Robin narrated them. Very different books, each masterfully rendered by Miles. An Untamed State was followed by A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown by Julia Scheeres and then Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. But all I remember is the combination of Gay’s intensely captivating story conveyed by Miles’ warm and powerful voice. I was in my first-ever race- a 10K on the campus of Denver’s Regis University. I was introduced to Robin Miles by way of Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State. Audiobooks are what motivated me to log mile after mile while training for the 2015 Colorado Marathon. The right story can draw you into its world, taking your mind off the clock and compelling you to move forward. Thanks for nothing, Beyonce.Īn audiobook, though, is more captivating. I’ve used my initial burst of energy to jog-dance to “Single Ladies” and now I’m ready to sit on the couch and watch Jeopardy! reruns. I have to listen to approximately twenty more of these to complete my workout. The song ends, I look down at my phone, and realize it was only 3 ½ minutes. Rather than feeling distracted or motivated, I become obsessed with the small increments of time a song represents. I’ve never enjoyed listening to music while I exercise.
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