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Together they hope that this new tool will also pave the way for the production of language materials in a naturalistic learning environment away from the classroom, but based instead around everyday use, orality, and community.

“For me storytelling is inextricable with orality. ... I read all of my work aloud until I get a rhythm, I think about that almost as a musical composition.”

“My Jim” has proved the perfect companion to Twain’s brilliant but problematic classic, and the audio production captures the inspired orality of Rawles’ writing.

Her melodic poems, which embrace the orality of poetry and language, often touch on the natural world, which she uses as much more than just a setting.

His work has had wide-ranging ramifications, ushering in an emphasis on orality that has become increasingly central to modern literary culture — from professional storytellers and TED talks to podcasts and audiobooks.