{"id":8700,"date":"2025-01-14T08:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/?p=8700"},"modified":"2025-01-25T20:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T01:11:53","slug":"wicked-little-secrets-audiobook-edition-victorians-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/wicked-little-secrets-audiobook-edition-victorians-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorians Talking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the release of the audiobook version of Wicked Little Secrets, I decided to explore old recordings. There\u2019s a unique intimacy in hearing someone\u2019s voice. To me, it’s far more personal than gazing at their still, silent photograph. The crackles and noise in these aged recordings make it seem like you are listening through a portal in time. If you enjoy these recordings, I highly recommend visiting The University of California Santa Barbara Cylinder Archive<\/strong><\/a> and checking out their extensive collection of old music, speeches, and conversations. The Ancestral Voices Collection<\/strong><\/a> at the Library of Congress is also fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Walt Whitman<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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“America”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Research article about this recording in the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Florence Nightingale<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Greetings to the dear old comrades of Balaclava<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Booker T. Washington<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Excerpt from his 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech (1908)<\/p>\n\n\n\n