A few months after Julie’s1 death, her writing colleagues held An Afternoon With Julie, a convocation honoring her work.
At that time, Sharon Solwitz, an award-winning, extraordinarily talented writer who also led a workshop in which Julie participated, gave a reading of Little Lisa Marie. The audio portion (extracted from the video tape taken at An Afternoon With Julie) can be played below.
The first portion of the audio may be difficult to understand but the quality improves with the first 1-2 minutes. Because of the length of the reading, I’ve broken it down into segments.
The manuscript of the short story, Little Lisa Marie, can be read or downloaded
~here~
Introduction To An Afternoon With Julie & Introduction Of Sharon Solwitz
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Approximately 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Little Lisa Marie, Part 1:
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Approximately 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Little Lisa Marie, Part 2:
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Approximately 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Little Lisa Marie, Part 3:
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Approximately 3 minutes, 20 seconds
Footnotes
- Julie Showalter was the fiercely intelligent, sexy, and loving woman and prize-winning author with whom I had a outrageously wonderful 20 year marriage that ended with her death in late 1999 from cancer diagnosed the week of our wedding nearly 20 years earlier. Many posts on this blog are about her, our unlikely romance, and our life together, and still others consist of her writings. Information can be found at Julie Showalter FAQ.↩
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1 MindSpin // May 22, 2006 at 4:33 am
You’re right. Hearing is a bit different from reading. I actually found myself going back and reading parts of the manuscript aloud after listening because I heard Raeanne’s voice a little differently. It is a testament to the power of Julie’s short story its main character is so fully realized in my head.