The Importance of Being a Close Sensitive Reader

Tavia Butler: I think the point Julia is making is really important that she will perform based on what the text calls for. And that's where being a close sensitive reader comes into play. Maybe 99% of memoirs don't require or would be actually lessened with character voices, but there might be that particular memoir that calls for them for whatever reason. So having the facility to do dialects and 100 voices is nice, but most important is embodying that particular book's needs"