Piece Comment

Review of "Read a Book"


Keith Harris tells the story of his journey from being completely illiterate when he came to the United States in 9th grade, to being on track to graduate as a 17 year old. Keith does such a wonderful job voicing, it seems like he’s just having a conversation with the listener. I think that he does some of the best voicing I’ve heard on PRX, it was just so emotionally charged, which is really hard when you’re voicing in a booth. He uses sound very effectively to create scenes, from the classroom to basketball practice. The similes he uses throughout the story are beautiful and the fact that he could connect his story to the Miami Heat was very clever. The best part, though, were the scenes with his mom. Keith did such a great job weaving his thoughts with hers, and the closing was beautiful. Kudos on a wonderful story.