“You want me to do what?” Audio Memoir at Home

By Charlotte Wilkins

“Not that!” I squawked at the acceptance email from “Dorothy Parker’s Ashes’” informing me my essay would appear in the next issue. It wasn’t the editor’s minor edits I freaked over, it was this: Also, we would love for you to record your essay. Just do it on your phone in a quiet place.

Right.

I’m not a member of the generation born with an iPhone in one ear and a tablet on their lap. A computer wasn’t a household commodity because it took up an entire room, an...