Welcome to the First Taste Reading Series on the Debutiful podcast feed! Each week, a debut author will read five minutes from their book to kick start your week and whet your appetite with good writing.

Today, Kimberly Garza reads from her debut novel The Last Karankawas!

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Welcome to the First Taste Reading Series on the Debutiful podcast feed! Each week, a debut author will read five minutes from their book to kick start your week and whet your appetite with good writing.

Today, Sarah Thankham Mathews reads from her debut novel All This Could Be Different, which is a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction.

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Prince Shakur, the author of When They Tell You To Be Good, joined the podcast to discuss the freelance hustle, how being radicalized in college opened up his writing, and what he hopes to write about in the future.

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Welcome to the First Taste Reading Series on the Debutiful podcast feed! Each week, a debut author will read five minutes from their book to kick start your week and whet your appetite with good writing.

Today, Rasheed Newson reads from his debut novel My Government Means To Kill Me. Jump directly to the reading at 4:43.

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Laura Warrell, the author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm, joined the podcast to discuss giving women back their voices in literature, the struggles of querying sometimes people avoid discussing, and the genius that is Lisa Lucas.

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Meghan Gilliss, the author of Lungfish, joined the podcast to about day jobs, writing inspiration, and her literary community.

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Jonathan Escoffery, the author of If I Survive You, joined the podcast to talk about trying to write the perfect story, learning when to let an idea go, and why writing about family is so important.

Note: this is a re-upload from September 7th due to a technical error.

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Jonathan Escoffery, the author of If I Survive You, joined the podcast to talk about trying to write the perfect story, learning when to let an idea go, and why writing about family is so important.

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LaToya Watkins, the author of Perish, joined the podcast to talk about growing up in a Black community in West Texas, returning to Perish after nearly a decade away from it, and trying to recapture the pureness of writing one has before learning about the ins and outs of the publishing world.

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Kayla Maiuri, the author of Mother in the Dark, joined the podcast to talk about finding the courage to write about something that pushed her, the book industry during the pandemic, and why she is so interested in writing about family.

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