To make a long story short, the story I was writing about Librivox for Wired was killed...to read the story in its full depth and sprawl, look for an online journal, Audience 2.0, making its debut September 9. Somehow I was alert enough on a Saturday morning to find the project, and somehow Mike Pick was alert enough to accept my contribution, all before 11 a.m., then write that "Michael Erard is a veteran journalist of every publication you ever felt worth reading."

My essay will be an exodus narrative, or Freedom After Travails in Slavery, Then a Long Difficult Journey Related, In Which The Land of Milk and Honey Is Glimpsed.

UPDATE: Sept. 9 is the launch date, so see everything at www.audience2.org.