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Speaking of THE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS . . .

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.

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AudioFile Magazine Review of THE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS

THE 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 to, the “we” proves distancing rather than inviting. However, thanks to Gilbert’s performance, relationships become clear. As the wives give up their lives and car...

We Are Water Interview on Sirius XM Radio

Lastfall, I wasprivilegedto be part of an award-winning cast of actors who narratedWe Are Waterby Wally Lamb, an ensemble performance that subsequentlyreceived an Earphones Award fromAudioFile 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 on her SiriusXM radio show.

This flurry of press and enthusiasm for a beautiful novel was exciting, but what meant the most to me was that...

Review of We Are Water from AudioFile Magazine

WE ARE WATER

Wally Lamb

Read byWally 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 blasts apart long-held secrets, a twenty-seven-year marriage, and her relationship with her three children. The all-star cast bringing the...

Blue Plate Special Interview in Library Journal

My recentconversation about the writing life with Kate Christensen, author ofBlue Plate Special, was featuredinLibrary 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.

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Blue Plate Special Audiofile Review

BLUE PLATE SPECIALAn 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 the breakfast of soft-boiled eggs and toast that she was eating when her hippie father was beating up her mother because her mothe...

Let Me Stand Alone

LET ME STAND ALONEThe 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 Palestine. Rachel’s parents released this collection of their daughter’s poems and journal entries to fulfill her wish to be a published author and...

Did you know that June is Audiobook Month!? You SHOULD know! Audiobooks are AWESOME!

I admit that I’d completely forgotten aboutthis 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 push to bring to people’s attention the joy and delight of exceptional audiobooks.

Thank you, Book Reporter, for including me in such an esteemed group of narrator...

Orchid wisdom

One 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 our guys deserved. My husband gave me the orchid as a thank you for embracing these rough-around-the-edges boys, and as a promise of future family.

When he presented me with the orchid, it was in full, delicate...

Acclimating

My 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? Was this my apartment in Brooklyn? I went back to sleep.

An hour and a half later, I awaked from a dream about turtles and dogs and trying to find the space to live in peace with...