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<P class=MsoNormal>Magnets And Ladders is a semiannual publication of Behind Our
Eyes, an organization of writers with disability. Here’s how you can receive it
on an NLS cartridge.</P>
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</SPAN>On the last day of summer of 2017, I received the digital recording of
the spring/summer issue of MAGNETS AND LADDERS from the recording studios of the
Perkins Library.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thus, with the
last day of winter approaching, I had been wondering if I would soon receive the
fall/winter issue of M & L.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Well, late yesterday (March 1) I was delighted to receive the digital
recording (on NLS-type cartridge) of the fall/winter issue of the online
literary publication of Behind Our Eyes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The recording is five hours and 53 minutes of wonderful reading, provided
by talented writers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many and
special thanks to Mary-Jo and her entire team for another outstanding issue of
MAGNETS AND LADDERS!</P>
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</SPAN>When these narrators from Massachusetts read our writings very smoothly
with appropriate expression, we have at least one sign of the quality and
readability of our poems, fiction, and nonfiction.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Congratulations to all the writers and
winners of this issue!</P>
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</SPAN>Although I read some of the issue via the internet website of MAGNETS AND
LADDERS, I prefer to wait to hear the recording with human voices.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are a patron of the NLS Talking
Book Program and if you would like to be on the list for the digital recording
of future issues of MAGNETS AND LADDERS, you may simply call directly or leave a
voice-mail message for April Codair at the Perkins Library:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>telephone 1-617/972-7730.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(She is in her office on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>As with recorded books and magazines from the National Library Service
for the Blind, the cartridge comes in a plastic mailer with a card to turn over
when you are ready to mail back the cartridge to the Perkins Library.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even if you read the issue via your
computer or i-device as soon as the issue is released, you may still want to
hear the recording by live narrators--a recording that, although later than we
may prefer--is definitely worth the wait.</P>
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</SPAN>Remember that the more people who request M & L from Perkins Library,
the greater the chance that MAGNETS AND LADDERS will eventually be made
available on BARD.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, you may want
to share this information with your friends who are not members of BOE, but who
are patrons of NLS.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>