For Rita Berardino, who tackled the transcription, the whole thing was "a history textbook from hell." She probably won't forget it for a while, either.
Despite my minimal contribution to the whole effort, that January 17 interview means something to me, too.
In literature classes, they tell you to look for the open spaces--the subtle silences and voids, slipped in, that tell more than the words.
So, in the midst of scrambling to put together this week's magazine, I hear that unplayed cassette--loud and clear, right through its closed case.
It reminds me that behind each page that makes it to press, there's an looming, unwritten shadow.
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I hope it's something I'll be able to forget.