Authentic Dialogue

No posts for 2 weeks, then 2 posts in one day. Sorry for the blogging rule-breaking! I'm always on the hunt for authentic dialogue-- in books, movies, out and about as I eavesdrop on conversations on occasions. Okay, lots of eavesdropping, particularly when it involves conversations between little kids.

Yesterday, a friend sent me a video from an NPR feature called Story Corps. The video is 4 minutes, and it records a conversation between a mother and her 12 year old son who has Asberger's...