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.
2 Poems by Reuben Jackson
Reuben Jackson tackles waltz form in these two poems.
Shanghaied By The Past by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
An essay by Linda Watanabe McFerrin that examines the changing face of China’s most colorful city.
Scattered Clouds Featured on The Poetry Foundation Reading List
Scattered Clouds by Reuben Jackson appears on The Poetry Foundation’s December reading list.