First Pages Readings Podcast

First Pages Readings Podcast

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First Pages Readings Podcast episodes

  • Episode 37: Fiction

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

    1. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
    2. Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
    3. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz


    8 min
  • Episode 36: Non-Fiction

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

    1. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
    2. world wild vet by Dr. Evan Antin
    3. Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman


    7 min
  • Episode 35: Poetry

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

    1. The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck
    2. The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz
    3. Secrets from the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom
    6 min
  • Episode 34: Fiction

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

    1. Stories From Suffragette City edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis
    2. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
    3. Hades, Argentina by Daniel Loedel



    10 min
  • Episode 33: Young Adult

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

    1.  Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed,
    2. the Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan, and
    3. Dominicana by Angie Cruz


    8 min
  • Episode 32: Non-Fiction

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

    1. Eat The Buddha by Barbara Demick
    2. The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager
    3. Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery


    7 min
  • Episode 31: Fiction

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

    • The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen,
    • A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama, and
    • The Indian Lawyer by James Welch



    7 min
  • Episode 30: Poetry

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

    • WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier,
    • drawing the line by Lawson Fusao Inada, and
    • Talking Dirty to the Gods by Yusef Komunyakaa


    5 min
  • Episode 29: Middle Grade

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

    • Rebels of the Kasbah by Joe O'Neill,
    • The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill, and
    • Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn
    5 min
  • Episode 28: Young Adult

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

    • Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins,
    • Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip, and
    • Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
    5 min

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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…