67 episodes
First Pages Readings Podcast FirstPages
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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 poetry). New episodes released once a month.
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Episode 67: Young Adult
In this episode, the first few pages of three YA books will be read:Wild Dreamers by Margarita EngleAccountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka SlaterDown And Across by Arvin Ahmadi
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Episode 66: Fiction
In this episode, the first pages of three novels will be read.The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa SeeGo, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan BernofskyOptic Nerve by Maria Gainza, translated by Thomas Bunstead
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Episode 65: Non-Fiction and Memoir
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert, A Memoir by Shugri Said SalhThe Pianist From Syria: A Memoir by Aeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier, translated by Emanuel BergmannA Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon
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Episode 64: Poetry
In this episode the first pages of three poetry books will be read:True Life by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare CavanaghThings You May Find Hidden in my Ear by Mosab Abu TohaTaking the Arrow out of the Heart by Alice Walker
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Episode 63: Middle Grade
In this episode, the first pages of three Middle Grade STEM books will be read:Clues to the Universe by Christina LiA Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCulloughGirls Who Code: The Friendship Code by Stacia Deutsch
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Episode 62: Non-Fiction
In this episode, the first pages of three non-fiction books will be read:Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki BrinaThe Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh
Customer Reviews
Great Idea That Works
The idea of wetting people's appitites by reading only the very beginning of each book is a good one, plus Mary gives her opinion briefly. She as the perfect voice for it as well.
Great Idea
What a great idea for a podcast. As a fellow podcaster who looks for material, this podcast will be a “go to” for future novels. The first page of a novel is like a first impression. The host’s voice is super pleasing!
Episode 7
Very interesting!