First Pages Readings Podcast

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read:

1.  Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
2.  Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao
3. Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read:

1. When The Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through edited by Joy Harjo with Leanne Howe, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and Contributing Editors
2. Nepantla: An Anthology, Queer Poets of Color edited by Christopher Soto
3. 100 Poems to Break Your Heart edited by Edward Hirsch

In this episode, the first page of three young adult novels will be read:

1. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao
2. As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
3. Echoes of Grace by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read:

1. When The Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
2. The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
3. Outline by Rachel Cusk

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read:

1. Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth by John Szwed
2. Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
3. Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge

In this episode, the first page of three books will be read:

1. Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges
2. Ninth Street Women, Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel
3. POPS: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout

In this episode, the first page of three books of essays will be read:

1. A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home edited by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary
2. In Sensorium: Notes for my People by Tanais
3. The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

In this episode, the first page of three books of fiction will be read:

1. Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
2. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
3. Skinship by Yoon Choi

In this episode, the first page of three YA novels will be read:

1. Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
2. The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti
3. Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia

In this episode, the first page of three poetry books will be read:

1. All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran
2. On Entering the Sea by Nizar Qabbani
3. Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye