Katie Davis: Audio Anatomy

stories compelling and human: like picking up a telephone receiver and hearing a private conversation, the listener feels an intimacy widi her characters that depends on die cadence of a sigh, the release of laughter. Katie's work, her Neighborhood Stories, revolve around Adams Morgan, ° 2004 Murray Bogovitz Washington D.C. where Katie grew up. Her pieces document the struggles and successes of everyday people through their own eyes; as author Katie is the mediator and translator of voice in her stories. In an age when computer and television are dominant mediums, the definition of "text" seems constandy in flux. Radio essays have benefited from new technology—better recording and editing equipment—but have not lost their unique audio impact. On Saturdays as I am running etrands or baking or flipping through the thick stack ofNew York Times that accumulate during