First Pages Readings Podcast

In this episode, the first page of three YA books will be read: 1.  Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian 2.  The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga 3.  Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read: Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak The Friend by Sigrid Nunez The Besieged City by Clarice Lispector

In this episode, the first page of three books of essays will be read:   Mothers, Fathers, and Others , Essays by Siri Hustvedt Feel Free by Zadie Smith The Good Immigrant, 26 Writers Reflect on America edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read: The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui CeCe Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read: fuel by naomi shihab nye Be With by Forrest Gander Riding The Earthboy 40 by James Welch

In this episode, the first page of three YA books will be read:  We Are Witnesses by Jacob Boas A Different Mirror For Young People:  A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport

In this episode, the first page of three books will be read: Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

In this episode, I will read the first page of three non-fiction books: Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer world wild vet by Dr. Evan Antin Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read: The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz Secrets from the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read: Stories From Suffragette City edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Hades, Argentina by Daniel Loedel

In this episode, the first page of three young adult books will be read:   Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed, the Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan, and Dominicana by Angie Cruz

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read: Eat The Buddha by Barbara Demick The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

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

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

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

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read: The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, and A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

In this episode, the first page of three books of fiction will be read: The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones, and Dear Life by Alice Munro

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read: Collected Poems by Robert Hayden, West Wind by Mary Oliver, and Burning My Birth Certificate by Pamela Sutton

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read: The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman, Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed, and Blended by Sharon M. Draper

In this episode, the first page of three YA novels will be read: Mirage by Somaiya Daud, Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven, and Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen

In this episode, the first page of three non-fiction books will be read: The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway, A Devil's Chaplain by Richard Dawkins, and Our Town s by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows

In this episode, the first page of three books of fiction will be read: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, Unaccustomed Earth  by Jhumpa Lahiri, and The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read: Poems New and Collected by Wistawa Szymborska, Hinge and Sign by Heather McHugh, and Reign of Snakes by Robert Wrigley

In this episode, the first page of three Middle Grade books will be read: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz, and Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi