From Rita Warren, St. Louis, MO:

Joseph M. Moore's voice was silenced May 1, 2008. Joe read for and then worked at Recording for the Blind. At RFB, then in Manhattan, Joe read from the canon of world literature, books and materials for law students, and, most notably, books in Italian, French and Spanish. After leaving RFB, Joe then read one-on-one to students at the Lighthouse (reader service in midtown Manhattan). While at the Lighthouse, Joe read much the same material as at RFB, and made friendships that lasted a lifetime. He returned to reading books on tape--this time at Xavier Society for the Blind. The emphasis at Xavier Society was on books of Roman Catholic interest.

After leaving those structured settings, Joe read to many of us at our colleges and universities, undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, work places and in our living rooms. Joe's intelligence and depth and breadth of knowledge made what might have been a turgid reading experience a luminescent one. Although Joe's voice is preserved on tape at RFB and Xavier Society, for those of us who knew him as our friend and reader, no tape is necessary. Joe's crisp reading style, near perfect diction and vocal timbre are etched in our memories.