![]() ![]() In the meantime, she’s working as a transcriptionist for a sex therapist who calls himself Om in Hudson, New York, spending her evenings listening to the audio recordings of his sessions. Greta, the protagonist of Jen Beagin’s third novel, Big Swiss, isn’t an author in the traditional sense, though she professes a vague intention to be one. ![]() It’s also, incidentally, how readers first come to know authors, albeit through the written word rather than the spoken one. ![]() Nursing these illusory attractions is something of a lost art in our modern technological age of social media and online dating, which can make it seem all the more romantic. We pay attention to how they express themselves and tell stories, and adjust our portraits accordingly-maybe a strong-sounding person grows more muscles in our minds a woman prone to sarcasm hides her face behind glasses. We form an identikit based on an accent or a specific intonation, or how they mispronounce a certain word. To hear a person without seeing them allows our imaginations to flourish. There is something uniquely intimate about getting to know someone through their voice. ![]()
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