Vaishnavi J. Patel

1 month ago | billboard.com | Paul Grein |Claire Oshetsky |Sophie Amoss |Vaishnavi J. Patel

Barbra Streisand’s My Name Is Barbra won audiobook of the year at the 2025 Audie Awards, which were presented on Tuesday (March 4) at Pier Sixty in New York. Streisand’s audiobook won a second award, autobiography/memoir. Karen Dziekonskiof Penguin Random House Audio accepted on Streisand’s behalf. “Every recording session with Barbra was an absolute open door into her process,” Dziekonski said. “It showed what a steadfast and committed artist that she is.

Jan 22, 2025 | billboard.com | Paul Grein |Claire Oshetsky |Sophie Amoss |Vaishnavi J. Patel

Barbra Streisand’s My Name Is Barbra is in the running for audiobook of the year at the 2025 Audie Awards. Winners across 28 competitive categories will be revealed on March 4 in New York. The Audie Awards will be hosted by actress, comedian and author Amy Sedaris, who was a 2008 Audies finalist. Streisand’s audiobook is also nominated in the autobiography/memoir category, where it is squaring off against a work by another certified music legend, Elton John.

Nov 14, 2024 | scroll.in | Vaishnavi J. Patel

A year was nothing to me, a generation the blink of an eye. The godlings treated me with respect and admiration, and they brought new life and joy to my shores even as I lay furious in Shiva’s grasp. They played games in the rocky shallows and I sent small waves to caress their glowing bodies. They cooled themselves in my water and I calmed my raging currents to give them pleasure. I could change myself to make the Vasus happy, for we were united in our immortal life in this mortal realm.

Oct 27, 2024 | 32auctions.com | Sue Lynn Tan |Carissa Broadbent |Vaishnavi J. Patel

Lit for Lebanon is a group of authors and members of the writing community working to raise money for Threads of Peace, a nongovernmental organization in Lebanon raising money for basic necessities to those internally displaced by the bombardments in Lebanon. Threads of Peace (also known as House of Peace) is an organization on the ground in Lebanon, that was formed in 2012 as a local initiative, and officially registered in 2019.

May 5, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Vaishnavi J. Patel

Sneha Mathan gives a dramatic performance of this story about Ganga, the Hindu mythological goddess of the river. Mathan's resonant voice adds emotional depth to her portrayal of Ganga, who experiences mortality before she is transformed back into a goddess who is unable to shed her bonds with the human experience--or the mortal son she has been forced to leave behind.