Episode 8 of LFTRR Explains the “First Page Test”
James J. Patterson is the reluctant scholar and on this (the eighth!) episode of Live from the Reading Room, he reads the from his essay of the same name. He also reads from books that have passed his "First Page Test" including "Night Train to Lisbon" by Pascal Mercier, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Muse" by Jessie Burton, "The Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller, and "Confessions" by Jean-Jaques Rousseau.
Linda Watanabe McFerrin and The Legacy Book: A Look Back
Linda Watanabe McFerrin and The Legacy Book: A Look Back This past week we’ve spent looking at Linda Watanabe McFerrin’s literary breadth; she’s read poetry for us, shared stories from […]
“Noche de los Muertos” a San Francisco tale by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Linda Watanabe McFerrin reads “Noche de los Muertos” McFerrin is adept at describing the concerns of women of various ethnic backgrounds, from different geographic regions of America and showing that […]
More from Linda’s new ASP Legacy Book: Hear her read from Namako: Sea Cucumber
Hear Linda read from her YA novel Namako: Sea Cucumber Namako is a novel about a child’s virgin dance with the truth with lies and secrets. Each new violation of trust […]