Nov 19, 2022 • 13M

How You Were Born (Audio Edition)

Diving into this whole "reading one's own stories" thing.

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I’m wrapping up a teaching gig and will be back with fresh material soon. The the meantime, here’s the story of how Lana was born 14 years ago today. -
Jordan Green

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Dear Readers!

I’m trying something else new today: my own reading of How You Were Born, which is the story of my daughter’s birth. You can now read the story below, or listen to it above!

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How You Were Born
We stirred awake, your mother and I, and a nurse was opening the shades of the window of the Beehive Spaceship, which is what we sometimes called Good Samaritan, and twilight was casting purple shades over the Superstitions and Four Peaks out east. We’d slept maybe two hours. Then Dr…
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a year ago · 15 likes · 4 comments · Jordan Green

I’m still experimenting with this. I’d like to add music or soundscapes or guests, but in the meantime I’m just getting back behind the mic and editing desk. I enjoy reading and listening to stories about equally, so I want to offer my readers both.

My tongue got tangled on some sections and I made some edits, but mostly I wanted to keep this reading as real as possible, with flubs and slips and emotion and re-reads. I trust I’ll become a better performer with practice.

For now, I hope you enjoy this reading and thank you for listening. Enjoy the weekend!

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