http://www.rochester.edu/threepercent en-us Copyright 2011 e.j.vanlanen@rochester.edu Three Percent The Three Percent Podcast is a weekly conversation about new books, literary events, the publishing scene, and other random things. Chad W. Post of Open Letter Books and Tom Roberge of New Directions keep things irreverent, informed, and funny in a podcast that'll keep you up to date on the international literary world. Maybe. E.J. Van Lanen ej.vanlanen@gmail.com No http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_58.mp3 We’re back! With our newest and semi-delayed installment of the Three Percent Podcast. This week, is a two-parter. First Chad and Tom run down the list of the fiction and poetry finalist for the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards. Yes, it’s true that these were announced a couple weeks ago, but, as luck would have it, today (Friday, May 3) happens to be the big awards ceremony, which is taking place at the PEN World Voices Festival in NYC (come one, come all!). So, what better time than now to brush up on the potential winners? Then, the podcast’s main event: Chad and Tom are joined by the one-and-only Richard Nash to talk about Richard’s recent article. The title and subtitle should give you a nice teaser to their discussion: “What Is the Business of Literature?: As technology disrupts the business model of traditional publishers, the industry must imagine new ways of capturing the value of a book.” Fri, 03 May 2013 02:05:37 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_57.mp3 What is this? The much-delayed “favorite movies of 2012” episode of the Three Percent Podcast? It is! Better late than never, right? Yes, it is. Stop disagreeing, please. This week, Tom is joined by Nate, and they grit their teeth to discuss The Master (P. T. Anderson) and Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino_), after having forced one another other to finally watch the each other’s favorite movie of the year. Also on the docket are the likes of: Rust & Bone, Magic Mike, Killer Joe, Moonrise Kingdom_, Argo, and, god help us, Lincoln. (And no one, at any point, talks about soccer.) Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:04:51 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_56.mp3 This week’s podcast is a bit of a hodge-podge: We start out talking about the concept of “selling used ebooks,” then Tom gets to express his admiration for Javier Marias’s new novel, “The Infatuations,” and Marias in general, and finally we talk about Houellebecq, which, as can only be expected, is controversial. Oh, and there is some talk about the NCAA Tournament. Naturally. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:03:25 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_55.mp3 This week’s podcast is a look at the “25 titles on the Best Translated Book Awards Fiction Longlist.” Tom and Chad discuss each title, talking about which books they’ve read (or want to), and which ones they think will make the list of 10 Finalists. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:03:53 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_54.mp3 This week, Chad talks with special guest George Carroll about the enchanted lives of literary sales reps, Seagull Books, the Seagull School of Publishing, László Krasznahorkai’s forthcoming books, and . . . the UEFA Champions League. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:02:21 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_53.mp3 On this week’s podcast, we welcome National Book Critics Circle board member Carolyn Kellogg to talk about the NBCC awards, the changes to the National Book Award (which set me off on a bit of a paranoid rant), Bookish and its suckishness, and a variety of other literary topics. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:02:11 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_52.mp3 This week, Tom Roberge and I discuss a bunch of 2013 books that we’re excited about. Our preview includes everything from Javier Marias’s latest, to “18% Gray” (and the “faux 18% Gray”) to the new Laszlo Krashnahorkai to Yoko Ogawa’s “Revenge” and Mo Yan’s “Sandalwood Death” and, as always, is a mix of incisive literary observations and irreverence and soccer talk. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:02:19 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_51.mp3 This week’s podcast features Chad, Nathan Furl, Kaija Straumanis, and Will Cleveland talking about their favorite albums of 2012. (And sometimes 2011.) It’s a pretty tight podcast, featuring thirteen different artists and some interesting insights into why we each like different styles of music. Oh, and of course we digress a bit to talk about awful job postings and whatnot. Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:12:00 GMT http://rochester.edu/threepercent http://openletterbooks.org/3p_podcast/3p_50.mp3 In this week’s podcast (Tom’s last one of of the year), we discuss the translations we did (and didn’t) read from 2012, including “Maidenhair” by Mikhail Shishkin, “Satantango” by Laszlo Krashnahorkai, “Woes of the True Policeman” by Roberto Bolano, and “Necropolis” by Santiago Gamboa. This kicks off the beginning of our “best of” podcasts for this year. Next week we’ll talk about music, and in the new year, Tom will be back to discuss the best movies of 2012. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:12:30 GMT