First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

• Kevin McCarthy reads Allan Gurganus
• Judith Ivey reads Margaret Atwood
• Andre Braugher reads Amiri Baraka
• Alfre Woodward reads Gloria Naylor
• Elliott Gould reads Pat Conroy
• Susan Anspach reads Joyce Carol Oates
• Roger Rees reads Gore Vidal
• Daphne Zuniga reads Susan Minot
• Nana Visitor reads Ursula K. Le Guin
• Kevin McCarthy reads John Hersey
• Melissa Manchester reads Rita Dove
• Elliott Gould reads Stephen King
• Amy Tan reads Amy Tan
• David Ackroyd reads Norman Mailer
• Joel Grey reads Paul Bowles
• Maxine Hong Kingston reads Maxine Hong Kingston
• Arte Johnson reads Roy Blount Jr.
• Andre Braugher reads Charles Johnson
• Roger Rees reads William Styron
• Harvey Fierstein reads Stanley Elkin
• Samantha Eggar reads Madeleine L' Engle
• David Ackroyd reads Louis Auchincloss
• Jeff Fahey reads Fred Chappell
• Harvey Fierstein reads Tobias Wolff
• Tim Matheson reads W.P. Kinsella
• Jean Smart reads Gail Godwin
• Jeff Fahey reads Stephen Dixon
• Andre Braugher reads Vance Bourjaily
• Elliott Gould reads John Updike