First Pages Readings Podcast
Celebrating books as cultural messengers and agents of change as they open our hearts and minds to new worlds. Listen to brief commentary and readings (from fiction, non-fiction, YA, middle grade, and poetry). New episodes released once a month.
Episodes
88 episodes
Episode 88: Fiction (Short Stories by Ha, Wolitzer, Gallant)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Bluebeard's First Wife: Stories by Ha Seong-Nan, translated from the Korean by Janet HongToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories ...
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21:39
Episode 87: Non-Fiction (Essays by Hustvedt, Solnit, Lopez)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Yonder: Essays by Siri HustvedtThe Faraway Nearby by Rebecca SolnitHorizon by Barry Lopez
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Episode 87
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17:52
Episode 86: Fiction (Novels by Llosa, Tsushima, Adiga)
The Feast of the Goat by Peruvian-born Mario Vargas Llosa, translated from the Spanish by Edith GrossmanTerritory of Light by Japanese author Yuko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt...
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Episode 86
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16:30
Episode 85: Non-Fiction (Essay, Nature, Memoir by Lopez, Erdrich, Blanchet)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry LopezBooks and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancesto...
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Episode 85
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16:17
Episode 84: Fiction (Short Stories by Bolano, Berlin, Samarakis)
In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read:Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by ...
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Episode 83
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24:11
Episode 83: Fiction (Icelandic Novels by Stefansson and Olafsdottir)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Heaven and Hell by Jon Kalman Stefansson, translated from the Icelandic by Philip RoughtonMiss Iceland by Audur Ava Olafsdottir, translated ...
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Episode 83
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15:23
Episode 82: Fiction (Short Stories by Jansson, Smith, Chiang)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal and Silvester MazzarellaPublic Libr...
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Episode 82
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18:39
Episode 81: Non-Fiction (Silk Roads by Frankopan, Spengler, Ollivier)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter FrankopanFruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat by Robert N. Sp...
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Episode 81
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13:19
Episode 80: Fiction (Short Stories by Kennedy, Fajardo-Anstine, Aguda)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:The End of the World is a Cul de Sac: Stories by Louise KennedySabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-AnstineGhostroots:...
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Episode 80
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17:45
Episode 79: Fiction (Short Stories by Alzayat, de Kerangal, Gogol)
In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read:Alligator & other stories by Dima Alzayat (pub. 2020)Canoes by Maylis de Kerangal, translated from the French by Jessica Moore (pub. 2021...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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12:43
Episode 78: Non-Fiction (Memoirs by Koh, Lee, Matar)
In the episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. KohTwo Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts
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Episode 78
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14:47
Episode 77: Fiction (Novels by de Kerangal, El Akkad, Kawabata, Matar)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated from the French by Jessica MooreWhat Strange Paradise by Omar El AkkadThousand Cran...
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Episode 77
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16:49
Episode 76: Non-Fiction (Nature Writing/Memoir by Stowe, Moore, Deakin)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea, A Memoir by Hannah StoweRiverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water by Kathleen Dean MooreW...
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Season 1
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Episode 76
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16:11
Episode 75: Fiction (Short Stories by Liu, Lem, Drabble, Segal)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken LiuTales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw LemA Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Compl...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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22:07
Episode 74: Fiction (Short Stories by Thammavongsa, Matsuda, O'Brien)
In this episode, a few pages from the following books will be read:How To Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham ThammavongsaWhere The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, translated from the Japanese by Polly...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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16:51
Episode 73: Fiction (Short Stories by Kawakami, Tolstaya, Link)
In this episode, a few pages from the following books will be read:Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted GoossenAetherial Worlds: Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Anya Migdal
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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16:35
Episode 72: Fiction (Short Stories by Aboulela, Motoya, Enriquez)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Elsewhere, Home, by Leila AboulelaThe Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories, by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa YonedaThe Dangers of S...
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19:38
Episode 71: Non-Fiction (Memoir by Auster, O'Brien, Coetzee)
In this episode. a few pages of the following memoirs will be read:The Invention of Solitude by Paul AusterCountry Girl by Edna O'BrienBoyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee...
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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20:49
Episode 70: Fiction (Novels by Kurkov, Sola, Hashimi)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris DralyukWhen I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Sola, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
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Episode 70
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21:54
Episode 69: Nature Writing (Bees, Music, Wolves by Jukes, Moore, Lopez)
In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees by Helen JukesEarth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural W...
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Episode 69
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17:12
Episode 68: Poetry Anthologies (edited by Harjo, Alexander, Kaminsky and Harris)
In today's episode, three poems will be read from:Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry, edited by Joy HarjoThis Is The Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets, edited ...
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Episode 68
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15:08
Episode 67: Young Adult (by Engle, Slater, Ahmadi)
In this episode, the first few pages of three YA books will be read:Wild Dreamers by Margarita EngleAccountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by ...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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23:30
Episode 66: Fiction (Novels by See, Erpenbeck, Gainza)
In this episode, the first pages of three novels will be read.The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa SeeGo, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan BernofskyOptic Nerve by Ma...
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Episode 66
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