Why I requested Roxana Ortega, who narrated “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” as the audiobook reader for “Adequate Yearly Progress.”

One of the habits I developed while writing and revising Adequate Yearly Progress was listening to specific sections of a few favorite audiobooks before sitting down to write. With a professional narrator’s voice in my head, unnecessary words or unclear phrasing became obvious. I could hear the poetic potential in lines that once seemed straightforward.... Read more »

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