{"id":304396,"date":"2016-07-15T20:29:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2016\/07\/15\/three-percent-116-why-is-tom-in-providence\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:45:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:45:01","slug":"three-percent-116-why-is-tom-in-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2016\/07\/15\/three-percent-116-why-is-tom-in-providence\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Percent #116: Why Is Tom in Providence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an extended hiatus, Chad and Tom are back to discuss a slew of things that happened over the past couple months. These include <a href=\"http:\/\/lithub.com\/bookmarks\/\">Book Marks,<\/a> what&#8217;s going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/bookselling\/article\/70742-b-n-says-its-future-is-in-bricks-and-mortar.html\">happen to B&amp;N,<\/a> and Tim Parks&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/daily\/2016\/06\/20\/raw-and-cooked-translation-why-the-vegetarian-wins\/\">article<\/a> on <em>The Vegetarian.<\/em> They also talk about some books they&#8217;ve read recently&#8212;including <em>Zero K<\/em>, which neither of them liked&#8212;before ending with a major announcement from Tom. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth mentioned that Alex Shephard wrote a couple of the articles discussed on this podcast, including <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/134060\/literary-criticism-grade-inflation-problem\">one on Book Marks<\/a> and one on <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/133876\/pulp-friction\">B&amp;N.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Also worth noting that there&#8217;s a glaring lack of sports talk in this podcast. A<\/p>\n<p>Here are the books discussed this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/semiotexte.com\/?p=496\"><em>I Love Dick<\/em><\/a> by Chris Krause<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Motel_Life\"><em>The Motel Life<\/em><\/a> by Willy Vlautin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/252518\/thus-bad-begins-by-javier-marias\/9781101946084\/\"><em>Thus Bad Begins<\/em><\/a> by Javier Mar\u00edas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andotherstories.org\/book\/the-transmigration-of-bodies\/\"><em>The Transmigration of Bodies<\/em><\/a> by Yuri Herrera <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zulma.fr\/livre-lile-du-point-nemo-572097.html\"><em>The Island of Point Nemo<\/em><\/a> by Jean-Marie Blas de Robl\u00e9s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/79866\/the-talented-mr-ripley-ripley-under-ground-ripleys-game-by-patricia-highsmith\/9780375407925\/\"><em>The Talented Mr. Ripley<\/em><\/a> by Patricia Highsmith<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/screaminjayhawkinsalltimegreatesthits\/markbinelli\"><em>Screamin&#8217; Jay Hawkins&#8217; All-Time Greatest Hits<\/em><\/a> by Mark Binelli<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Zero-K\/Don-DeLillo\/9781501135392\"><em>Zero K<\/em><\/a> by Don DeLillo<\/p>\n<p>Also, just a reminder, since we changed our podcast feed, you may need to unsubscribe and resubscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/three-percent-podcast\/id434696686\">correct feed<\/a> in iTunes at that link, or right here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/three-percent-podcast\/id434696686<\/p>\n<p>Or, you can just put this feed link into whichever is your podcast app of choice:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/threepercent.libsyn.com\/rss<\/p>\n<p>And, as always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to: threepercentpodcast@gmail.com. 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