AUDREY CRANE
DYING
TO LISTEN
pel choir as an adult until one of
her vocal chords started to get
chronically swollen about six
years ago, making it tiring to sing
for extended periods.
When her father died of a septic
aneurism back home in 2000, she
joined her siblings and mother in
touching him, holding his cheeks,
his legs and his feet, though she
never thought to sing. When her
mother was dying