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NEWARK, N.J.-Newark Public Schools and Audible, Inc., the world\u2019s largest seller and producer of digital spoken-word entertainment, today announced that all Newark Public Schools high school students have listened to\u00a0The Daily Show\u00a0<\/i>host Trevor Noah\u2019s critically acclaimed performance of his poignant memoir,\u00a0Born a Crime,\u00a0<\/i>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 \u201cProject Listen Up,\u201d 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\u2019s celebration of the impact Newark students have had on its culture, the mission of \u201cProject Listen Up\u201d is to unleash the educational power of Audible to students across the city.<\/div>\n
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\u201cPerforming my Audible book was an emotional and rewarding experience, and I\u2019m so gratified to see it inspiring meaningful conversations among students and teachers about their own histories and convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood\u00a0<\/i>is a coming-of-age story that recounts Noah\u2019s 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.\u00a0Born a Crime\u00a0<\/i>was Audible\u2019s highest-rated title in 2016, the year it was released, and Audible\u2019s most commented-on title of 2017. Trevor\u2019s performance in this production is both an Audible and\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/i>bestseller, and remains one of the top-selling Audible performances of all time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city-wide Common Listen of\u00a0Born a Crime\u00a0<\/i>is designed to both foster a sense of community and to challenge all students with a shared fun and intellectually engaging experience,\u201d said Robert Gregory, Interim Superintendent of Newark Public Schools. \u201cWe are thrilled that\u00a0Born a Crime<\/i>, 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\u2019s powerful story and voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m blown away by this amazing initiative that Audible and the city of Newark have put together, and I\u2019m humbled that they have selected my story for this city-wide school listening club,\u201d said Noah. \u201cPerforming my Audible book was an emotional and rewarding experience, and I\u2019m so gratified to see it inspiring meaningful conversations among students and teachers about their own histories and convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAudible 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,\u201d said Audible founder and CEO Don Katz. \u201cI am thrilled that Trevor\u2019s amazing performance of\u00a0Born a Crime\u00a0<\/i>will now become a meaningful and memorable part of the educational experience for all Newark students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cProject Listen Up\u201d 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\u2019s unparalleled library of digital audiobooks as well as a free bundle of 150+ \u201crecommended reading\u201d titles identified by Newark educators and Audible experts. Students and teachers will keep the content, tablets, and headphones even after their free membership ends.<\/p>\n

Praise for\u00a0Born a Crime<\/i>:<\/p>\n

\u201cHearing Noah\u2019s reading makes the story even more personable.\u201d \u2013\u00a0The AV Club<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe author\u2019s gift for vocal impersonation elevates the audio version into something even more splendid than an already terrific memoir.\u201d \u2013\u00a0The Washington Post<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book is powerfully funny on the page \u2013 but it really comes to life when read by its hilarious author.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Bustle<\/i><\/p>\n

For more information on Audible\u2019s \u201cProject Listen Up,\u201d please visit\u00a0www.audible.com\/projectlistenup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Audible, Inc.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u2019s iTunes Store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Audible.com
\nEsther Bochner
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