First Pages Readings Podcast
Episodes
91 episodes
Episode 91: Fiction (Novels by Azar, Melchor, Lobo Antunes)
A few pages of the following books will be read:The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated from the Persian by an anonymous translatorHurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, transl...
Episode 90: Fiction (Novels by Savas, Alameddine, Lispector)
In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read:The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas (2024)An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine (2013)The Hour of the Star by Clarice L...
Episode 89: Fiction (Short Stories by Sayrafiezadeh, Li, Sims)
In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read:American Estrangement: Stories by Said Sayrafiezadeh (2021)Wednesday's Child: Stories by Yiyun Li (2023)Other Minds and...
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 ...
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
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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 ...