Three Percent Podcast

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2MR: THE BOOK OF DISQUIET Introduction with Declan Spring of New Directions Oct 08, 2018

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The Two Month Review is back! This season we'll be reading the New Directions publication of The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa, one of the greatest works of literature (or poetry?) from the past century. To kick things off Declan Spring joined Brian Wood and a (happily hungover on baseball and beer) Chad W. Post to introduce Pessoa and his many heteronyms. They talk a lot about ND's Pessoa project, how they pitch uncategorizable books, how this edition differs from others, and much more.

As always, you can find the video for this episode on our YouTube channel, where we livestream the episodes every Wednesday morning. Next week we'll be covering pages 1-40 (sections 1-39).

Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.

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You can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.

This season's music is "E Às Vezes Dou Por Mim" by contemporary fado star Cristina Branco.

Three Percent #145: Lobbying for No Celebrities Oct 03, 2018

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In response to a listener email, Tom expands on his comments from last podcast about the American Booksellers Association. Chad shares some data about genre works in translation and wonders about adding this to the Translation Database. He also has some curious info about Icelandic books in translation and then promotes one of his favorite books of 2018. As can be expected, things take a turn when they start talking about the New Academy's Prize in Literature (aka the Alternative Nobel).

This week's music is "The Better Me" by The Joy Formidable.

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2MR: FOX Bonus Episode with Dubravka Ugresic! Sep 21, 2018

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Dubravka Ugresic is in Rochester for Open Letter's tenth anniversary celebration, so she got together with Chad and Brian to talk about how she wrote Fox, Melania-related tourism, the two story points that launched the book, her writing process, and more!

As always, Fox (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our website. Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.

Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.

Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests and for more information about Season 6: The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa.

And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.

This week's intro music is "The More and Moreness" by Haiku Salut, with the theme music of Back to the Future III ending the run of Michael J. Fox movies. (Thank god. Whose idea was it to use these? CURSE YOU, BRIAN.)

Three Percent #144: The Perfect Publishing Award Sep 19, 2018

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Were the National Book Award longlists announced last week? Do Chad and Tom have opinions? YES AND YES. That conversation leads into talking about Penguin Random House, the "perfect publishing house," and then into a frank discussion about the future of small press publishing and the challenges of having a career in nonprofit publishing or bookselling. As always, they have some book recommendations at the end as well!

National Book Award announcements.

Alex Shephard's PRH article .

Tom's recommended book of the podcast.

Chad's recommended book of the podcast.

This week's music is "Double Down" by Slothrust.

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2MR: FOX by Ugresic ("The Fox's Widow") with Ryan Chapman! Sep 07, 2018

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Ryan Chapman (Conversation Sparks, Riots I Have Known) came on this week to talk about the final section of Dubravka Ugresic's Fox. They discuss "business class vs. economy class" writers, authenticity and performing in the role of a writer, Franzen, the overall genius of Ugresic's writing, and much more. It's a very thoughtful final episode, enthused about having completed the project, yet sad to be leaving this world.

You can watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube, and while you’re there, subscribe to the Two Month Review channel and stayed tuned for the next broadcast, which will welcome Dubravka herself!

As always, Fox (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our website. Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.

Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.

Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Ryan Chapman for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

And when the info is officially released, please pre-order a copy of Ryan's new novel, Riots I Have Known and tell everyone that the Two Month Review made you do it. Chad wants to hold him to that whiskey promise . . .

And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.

This week's intro music is "Unless It's Kicks" by Okkervil River, with the theme music of Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco taking us out. (Can not wait to forget all of these Michael J. Fox movies.)

Three Percent #143: The Cocky Pod Sep 05, 2018

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This week, Chad and Tom return to basics--more book talk than industry talk, a promise to release a new episode every other Wednesday--but start off with something that's very, very Three Percent: #Cockygate. Although the #Cockygate lawsuit is interesting in its own right, it's the breakdown of the seedy underworld of gaming Kindle Unlimited that really catches their imagination. Then they recommend a few new books (both from New Directions), and finish by talking with Emma Ramadan about her translation of Pretty Things by Virginie Despentes.

Here are links to The Governesses and The Hole, and here's Emma's fairly odd picture.

This week's music is "Bleed Turquoise" by Bleed Turquoise from Bleed Turquoise.

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2MR: FOX by Ugresic ("Little Miss Footnote") with Caitlin Luce Baker! Aug 30, 2018

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Caitlin Luce Baker from University Bookstore in Seattle joined Chad and Brian to talk about the "Little Miss Footnote" section of Dubravka Ugresic's Fox. They touch on Dorothy Leuthold, Vladimir Nabokov, and much more, including a very subtle weaving of references that you'll definitely want to tune in to learn about.

You can watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube, and while you’re there, subscribe to the Two Month Review channel and stayed tuned for the next broadcast--Tuesday, September 4th at 10am--which will feature Ryan Chapman (author of Conversation Sparks: Trivia Worth Talking About and several other ventures) and will cover the final section of the novel.

As always, Fox (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our website. Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.

Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.

Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Caitlin Luce Baker for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.

This week's intro music is "We Don't Have a Sail but We Have a Rudder" by El Ten Eleven, with the theme music of Life with Mikey serving as the outro track. (Please check out the trailer for this Michael J. Fox movie. It's . . . unsettling. The early 90s were a time.)

2MR: FOX by Ugresic ("The Theocritus Adventure") with Anthony Blake! Aug 16, 2018

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This episode, Chad and Brian are joined by the newest Open Letter employee--Anthony Blake! He joins in on a really fun episode about Russian avant-garde literature, connections between the fourth part of Fox and the very earliest sections of the book, footnotes, invented novels, how to smuggle like a fox, and more.

This episode was not sponsored by Moon Palace Books, but they do receive a nice verbal and visual shout-outs. If you're ever in Minneapolis, go visit them!

You can watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube, and while you’re there, subscribe to the Two Month Review channel and stayed tuned for the next broadcast--Tuesday, August 28th--which will feature Caitlin Luce Baker and focus on baseball, Nabokov, and Dorothy Leuthold.

As always, Fox (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our website. Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.

Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.

Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Anthony Blake for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.

This week's intro music is "As We Go Up, We Go Down" by Guided by Voices, with the theme music of Bright Lights, Big City serving as the outro track. (Yes, another Michael J. Fox movie.)

Three Percent #142: The Great American Podcast Aug 10, 2018

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Back from their respective vacations, Chad and Tom talk about PBS's "Great American Read," the NEA's "Big Read," building a sustainable publishing model that puts readers first, the attempt to address the direct-to-consumer discount problem, books that they've recently read, and ones Tom refuses to stock. Tom also discloses his favorite publisher, and Chad has a revelation about all the books he's read this year. It's a very grounded episode, with no real rants, and lots of good information.

This episode's music is "Angeline" by Rayland Baxter.

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2MR: FOX by Ugresic ("The Devil's Garden") with Pete Mitchell! Aug 09, 2018

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Pete Mitchell—who wrote this great review of Fox for Asymptote—joined Chad and Brian this week to talk about the heartbreaking (and semi-profane) ending to "The Devil's Garden," the third part of Dubrakva Ugresic's latest novel. From the idea of a small ping singling one's eventual crack-up to peeing on the side of the road as you burn it all down, this episode has it all.

You can watch the video recording of this episode on YouTube, and while you’re there, subscribe to the Two Month Review channel and stayed tuned for the next broadcast, in which we'll be talking about the last half of Part III of "The Devil's Garden," pages 144-183.

As always, Fox (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our website. Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.

Feel free to comment on this episode—or on the book in general—either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.

Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood, for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And follow Pete Mitchell for info on soccer, international literature, and other Twitter-type stuff.

And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here. And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes. It really helps people to discover the podcast.

This week's episode opens with the theme song to Falling Down, and ends with part of the theme song from For Love or Money starring Michael J. Fox.

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