Newark Public Schools Announces High School-Wide Listen of Trevor Noah’s Audible Book, Born a Crime
June 12 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
First-ever city-wide school listening club
made possible by Audible’s “Project Listen Up” initiative,
providing free Audible memberships and Fire tablets to all Newark
high school students and their teachers
Newark Public Schools and Audible, Inc., the world’s largest
seller and producer of digital spoken-word entertainment, today
announced that all Newark Public Schools high school students have
listened to The Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s critically acclaimed
performance of his poignant memoir, Born a Crime, as a collective
student body during the month of May. This unique city-wide
listening experience, the idea of East Side High School Vice
Principal Meg Murray, is borne out of “Project Listen Up,” through
which all Newark high school students and their teachers received a
year of Audible membership beginning last fall. Conceived as part
of the company’s celebration of the impact Newark students have had
on its culture, the mission of “Project Listen Up” is to unleash
the educational power of Audible to students across the city.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is a
coming-of-age story that recounts Noah’s experiences during the
twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of
freedom that followed, including powerfully funny observations
about how farcical political and social systems play out in our
lives. Born a Crime was Audible’s highest-rated title in 2016, the
year it was released, and Audible’s most commented-on title of
2017. Trevor’s performance in this production is both an Audible
and New York Times bestseller, and remains one of the top-selling
Audible performances of all time.
“The city-wide Common Listen of Born a Crime is designed to both
foster a sense of community and to challenge all students with a
shared fun and intellectually engaging experience,” said Robert
Gregory, Interim Superintendent of Newark Public Schools. “We are
thrilled that Born a Crime, with its trenchant insights about race,
class and the effects of apartheid, and its brilliant narration, is
available to all Newark students through Project Listen Up. Our
students are also forging their identities at a time of great
change and we are hoping everyone, even teachers, can find
something to relate to in Trevor Noah’s powerful story and
voice.”
“I’m blown away by this amazing initiative that Audible and the
city of Newark have put together, and I’m humbled that they have
selected my story for this city-wide school listening club,” said
Noah. “Performing my Audible book was an emotional and rewarding
experience, and I’m so gratified to see it inspiring meaningful
conversations among students and teachers about their own histories
and convictions.”
“Audible is a better company and a better place to work because
of our decision to move to Newark a decade ago and include so many
Newark high school and college students and Newark-born and
educated people as our paid interns and employees, and that is the
impetus behind Project Listen Up,” said Audible founder and CEO Don
Katz. “I am thrilled that Trevor’s amazing performance of Born a
Crime will now become a meaningful and memorable part of the
educational experience for all Newark students.”
The “Project Listen Up” initiative kicked off in November at
Technology High School and was rolled out city-wide in subsequent
months. Audible integration into school curriculum as a
supplemental education tool continues to evolve. The program
includes 12 credits to download and own any of the 425,000+ titles
in Audible’s unparalleled library of digital audiobooks as well as
a free bundle of 150+ “recommended reading” titles identified by
Newark educators and Audible experts. Students and teachers will
keep the content, tablets, and headphones even after their free
membership ends.
Praise for Born a Crime:
“Hearing Noah’s reading makes the story even
more personable.” – The AV Club
“The author’s gift for vocal impersonation
elevates the audio version into something even more splendid than
an already terrific memoir.” – The Washington Post
“This book is powerfully funny on the page –
but it really comes to life when read by its hilarious author.” –
Bustle
For more information on Audible’s “Project Listen Up,” please
visit www.audible.com/projectlistenup.
About Audible, Inc.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is
the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information
and entertainment, offering customers a new way to enhance and
enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to unleash the
emotive music in language and the habituating power and utility of
verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 425,000 audio
programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters,
entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business
information providers. Audible is also the provider of spoken-word
audio products for Apple’s iTunes Store.
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