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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.

  1. 6d ago

    Episode 92: Non-Fiction (Nature, Essay, Memoir by MacFarlane, Deakin, Hunt)

    In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarlane (2019)Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin (2007)Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath our Feet by Will Hunt (2018)

    21 min

  2. May 1

    Episode 91: Fiction (Novels by Azar, Melchor, Lobo Antunes)

    A few pages of the following books will be read: The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated from the Persian by an anonymous translatorHurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated from the Spanish by Sophie HughesThe Land at the End of the World by Antonio Lobo Antunes, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

    17 min

  3. Apr 1

    Episode 90: Fiction (Novels by Savas, Alameddine, Lispector)

    In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read: The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas (2024)An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine (2013)The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1977), translated from the Portuguese by Benjamin Moser (2011)

    20 min

  4. Mar 1

    Episode 89: Fiction (Short Stories by Sayrafiezadeh, Li, Sims)

    In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read: American Estrangement: Stories by Said Sayrafiezadeh (2021)Wednesday's Child: Stories by Yiyun Li (2023)Other Minds and Other Stories by Bennett Sims (2023)

    17 min

  5. Feb 1

    Episode 88: Fiction (Short Stories by Ha, Wolitzer, Gallant)

    In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read: Bluebeard's First Wife: Stories by Ha Seong-Nan, translated from the Korean by Janet HongToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories by U.S. author Hilma WolitzerThe Uncollected Stories of Canadian author Mavis Gallant

    22 min

  6. Jan 1

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

    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

    18 min

  7. 12/01/2025

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

    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

    17 min

  8. 11/01/2025

    Episode 85: Non-Fiction (Essay, Nature, Memoir by Lopez, Erdrich, Blanchet)

    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

    16 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 poetry). New episodes released once a month.

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  • Creator
    FirstPages
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
    Clean
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