First Pages Readings Podcast

First Pages Readings Podcast

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First Pages Readings Podcast episodes

  • Episode 17: Non-Fiction

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

    1. Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez,
    2. Erosion by Terry Tempest Williams, and
    3. Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon


    7 min
  • Episode 16: Fiction

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

    1. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich,
    2. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie, and
    3. Restless by William Boyd


    7 min
  • Episode 15: Poetry

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

    1. The Carrying by Ada Limon,
    2. The Woman Who Married a Bear by Tiffany Midge, and
    3. 100 Selected Poems by e.e. cummings


    5 min
  • Episode 14: Middle Grade

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

    1. Coo by Kaela Noel,
    2. The Eye of Zeus by Alane Adams, and
    3. Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
    4 min
  • Episode 13: Young Adult

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

    1. We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez,
    2. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas, and
    3. Sammy and Juliana In Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz


    7 min
  • Episode 12: Non-Fiction

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

    1. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
    2. We Are Still Here by Peter Iverson and Wade Davies, and
    3. The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist
    8 min
  • Episode 11: Fiction

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

    1. House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
    2. The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter by Kia Corthron, and
    3. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn


    8 min
  • Episode 10: Poetry

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

    1. Multitudes by Afaa Michael Weaver
    2. Dark Fields of the Republic by Adrienne Rich, and
    3. Lifelines by Philip Booth



    5 min
  • Episode 9: Middle Grade

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

    1. Milky Way Railroad by Kenji Miyazawa
    2. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, and
    3. A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat


    5 min
  • Episode 8: Young Adult

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

    1. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
    2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass, and
    3. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz


    6 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…