First Pages Readings Podcast

In today's episode, three poems will be read from: Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry, edited by Joy Harjo This Is The Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets , edited by Kwame Alexander The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry , edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris

In this episode, the first few pages of three YA books will be read: Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater Down And Across by Arvin Ahmadi

In this episode, the first pages of three novels will be read. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza, translated by Thomas Bunstead

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert, A Memoir by Shugri Said Salh The Pianist From Syria: A Memoir by Aeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier, translated by Emanuel Bergmann A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon

In this episode the first pages of three poetry books will be read: True Life by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear by Mosab Abu Toha Taking the Arrow out of the Heart by Alice Walker

In this episode, the first pages of three Middle Grade STEM books will be read: Clues to the Universe by Christina Li A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCullough Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code by Stacia Deutsch

In this episode, the first pages of three non-fiction books will be read: Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina The Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri   Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh

In this episode, the first page of three memoirs will be read: The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood by Joachim Fest, translated by Martin Chalmers Funny In Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas

In this episode, the first page of three short story books will be read: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, translated by Lucia Graves and Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The first page of three books of short stories will be read: Between My Father and the King, New and Uncollected Stories by Janet Frame The Consequences by Manuel Munoz The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read: At Dusk by Hwang Sok-Yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, translated by Celia Hawkesworth

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read:   Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan   Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read: 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 Nepantla: An Anthology, Queer Poets of Color edited by Christopher Soto 100 Poems to Break Your Heart edited by Edward Hirsch

In this episode, the first page of three young adult novels will be read: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh Echoes of Grace by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read: When The Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose Outline by Rachel Cusk

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read: Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth by John Szwed Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge

In this episode, the first page of three books will be read: Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges 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 POPS: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout

In this episode, the first page of three books of essays will be read: A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home edited by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary In Sensorium: Notes for my People by Tanais The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

In this episode, the first page of three books of fiction will be read: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa Skinship by Yoon Choi

In this episode, the first page of three YA novels will be read: Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia

In this episode, the first page of three poetry books will be read: All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran On Entering the Sea by Nizar Qabbani Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read:   Thirst by Varsha Bajaj The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read:   The History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read: Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read:   The Undressing by Li-Young Lee Enchanted Air, Two Cultures, Two Wings by Margarita Engle The Darkness Around Us Is Deep by William Stafford