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First Pages Readings Podcast

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 poetry). New episodes released once a month.

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17:52

Episode 87: Non-Fiction (Essays by Hustvedt, Solnit,...

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2026/01/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Yonder: Essays by Siri HustvedtThe Faraway Nearby by Rebecca SolnitHorizon by Barry Lopez

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16:30

Episode 86: Fiction (Novels by Llosa, Tsushima, Adiga)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/12/01

The Feast of the Goat by Peruvian-born Mario Vargas Llosa, translated from the Spanish by Edith GrossmanTerritory of Light by Japanese author Yuko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Geraldine HarcourtAmnesty by India-born Aravind Adiga

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16:17

Episode 85: Non-Fiction (Essay, Nature, Memoir)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/11/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry LopezBooks and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancestors by Louise ErdrichThe Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchet

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24:11

Episode 84: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/10/01

In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read: Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia BerlinThe Passport and Other Selected Short Stories by Antonis Samarakis, translated from the Greek by Andrew Horton

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15:23

Episode 83: Fiction (Icelandic Novels)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/09/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Heaven and Hell by Jon Kalman Stefansson, translated from the Icelandic by Philip RoughtonMiss Iceland by Audur Ava Olafsdottir, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbonHotel Silence by Audur Ava Olafsdottir, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon

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18:39

Episode 82: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/08/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal and Silvester MazzarellaPublic Library and Other Stories by Ali SmithExhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang

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13:19

Episode 81: Non-Fiction (Silk Roads)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/07/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter FrankopanFruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat by Robert N. Spengler IIIOut of Istanbul: A Journey of Discovery Along the Silk Road by Bernard Ollivier, translated from the French by Dan Golembeski

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17:45

Episode 80: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/06/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: The End of the World is a Cul de Sac: Stories by Louise KennedySabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-AnstineGhostroots: Stories by Pemi Aguda

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12:43

Episode 79: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/05/01

In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read: Alligator & other stories by Dima Alzayat (pub. 2020)Canoes by Maylis de Kerangal, translated from the French by Jessica Moore (pub. 2021; English translation pub. 2024)The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector and Selected Stories by Nikolay Gogol, translated by Ronald Wilks (translations pub: 1972; revised for Penguin Classics 2005)

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14:47

Episode 78: Non-Fiction (Memoirs)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/04/01

In the episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. KohTwo Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts by Jessica J. LeeThe Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar

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16:49

Episode 77: Fiction (Novels)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/03/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated from the French by Jessica MooreWhat Strange Paradise by Omar El AkkadThousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata, translated from the Japanese by Edward G. SeidenstickerMy Friends by Hisham Matar

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16:11

Episode 76: Non-Fiction (Nature Writing/Memoir)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/02/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea, A Memoir by Hannah StoweRiverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water by Kathleen Dean MooreWaterlog: A Swimmer's Journey through Britian by Roger Deakin

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22:07

Episode 75: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2025/01/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken LiuTales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw LemA Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short Stories by Margaret DrabbleLadies' Lunch and other stories by Lore Segal

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16:51

Episode 74: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/12/01

In this episode, a few pages from the following books will be read:How To Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham ThammavongsaWhere The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, translated from the Japanese by Polly BartonThe Love Object: Selected Stories by Edna O'Brien

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16:35

Episode 73: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/11/01

In this episode, a few pages from the following books will be read:Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted GoossenAetherial Worlds: Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Anya MigdalWhite Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link

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19:38

Episode 72: Fiction (Short Stories)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/10/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Elsewhere, Home, by Leila AboulelaThe Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories, by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa YonedaThe Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories, by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

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20:49

Episode 71: Non-Fiction (Memoir)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/09/01

In this episode. a few pages of the following memoirs will be read:The Invention of Solitude by Paul AusterCountry Girl by Edna O'BrienBoyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee

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21:54

Episode 70: Fiction (Novels)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/08/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris DralyukWhen I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Sola, translated by Mara Faye LethemSparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

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17:12

Episode 69: Nature Writing (Bees, Music, Wolves)

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/07/01

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees by Helen JukesEarth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World by Kathleen Dean MooreOf Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez

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15:08

Episode 68: Poetry Anthologies

First Pages Readings Podcast ·

2024/06/01

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

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