Taiye Selasi Reads “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter”

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🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Taiye Selasi reads her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” from the July 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Selasi is an author and photographer. Her début novel, “Ghana Must Go,” a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2013, the year she was named one of the best young British novelists by Granta.

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1:07.5	On this episode of The Writer's Voice, we'll hear Taya Salasi read her story, First Born
1:12.7	Immigrant Daughter, from the June 8th, 2026 fiction issue of the magazine.
1:17.9	Salasi is an author and photographer.
1:20.3	Her debut novel, Ghana Must Go, a New York Times bestseller, was published in 2013, the year
1:26.0	she was named one of the best young British novelists by Granta.
1:29.3	Now here's Taya Salasi.
1:32.3	Firstborn immigrant daughter.
1:43.3	Dear firstborn immigrant daughter Dear firstborn immigrant daughter
1:47.0	First, there are many ways to be an immigrant.
1:51.0	Some immigrate to territories, others to tax brackets.
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