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
80 episodes
Episode 80: Fiction (Short Stories)
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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Episode 79: Fiction (Short Stories)
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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Episode 79
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Episode 78: Non-Fiction (Memoirs)
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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Episode 77: Fiction (Novels)
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)
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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Episode 76
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Episode 75: Fiction (Short Stories)
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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Episode 75
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Episode 74: Fiction (Short Stories)
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 ...
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Episode 74
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16:51
Episode 73: Fiction (Short Stories)
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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Episode 73
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Episode 72: Fiction (Short Stories)
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...
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Episode 71: Non-Fiction (Memoir)
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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Episode 71
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20:49
Episode 70: Fiction (Novels)
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)
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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Episode 68: Poetry Anthologies
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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Episode 67: Young Adult
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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Episode 67
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Episode 66: Fiction
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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Episode 65: Non-Fiction and Memoir
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert, A Memoir by Shugri Said SalhThe Pianist From Syria: A Memoir by Aeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier, translated by Emanuel Bergmann
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Episode 65
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Episode 64: Poetry
In this episode the first pages of three poetry books will be read:True Life by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare CavanaghThings You May Find Hidden in my Ear by Mosab Abu TohaTaking the Ar...
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Episode 64
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Episode 63: Middle Grade
In this episode, the first pages of three Middle Grade STEM books will be read:Clues to the Universe by Christina LiA Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCulloughGirls Who Code: The Friendshi...
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Episode 63
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10:40
Episode 62: Non-Fiction
In this episode, the first pages of three non-fiction books will be read:Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki BrinaThe Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri Palestinian Walks:...
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Episode 62
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13:54
Episode 61: Non-Fiction/Memoir
In this episode, the first page of three memoirs will be read:The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia MalekNot I: Memoirs of a German Childhood by Joachim Fest, translated by Martin Chalme...
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Episode 61
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13:17
Episode 60: Fiction/Short Stories
In this episode, the first page of three short story books will be read:Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowellFrying Plantain by Zalika Reid-BentaThe City...
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Episode 60
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11:00
Episode 59: Fiction/Short Stories
The first page of three books of short stories will be read:Between My Father and the King, New and Uncollected Stories by Janet FrameThe Consequences by Manuel MunozThe Refugees by Viet ...
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Episode 59
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9:54
Episode 58: Fiction
In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read:At Dusk by Hwang Sok-Yong, translated by Sora Kim-RussellA Place for Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaMy Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinov...
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Episode 58
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