After six years and almost one hundred and thirty episodes, the Three Percent Podcast is expanding to include new weekly \u201cTwo Month Review\u201d mini-episodes.<\/p>\n
Each \u201cseason\u201d of the Two Month Review<\/a> podcasts will highlight a different Open Letter book, reading it slowly over the course of eight to nine episodes. Featuring a rotating set of literary guests, from authors (Jonathan Lethem is scheduled for the episode airing 6\/29) to booksellers, critics, and translators, the individual episodes will recap a short section of the book and use that as a springboard to talk about literature in a general sense, pop culture, reading approaches, and much more. <\/p>\n On one level, each season will provide a wealth of opportunities to dig into a book, to read it slowly and thoughtfully\u2014an important concept at a time in which a lot of book conversation revolves around list-making, with the majority of new titles receiving only passing mention before the next new title is available. By supplementing these weekly podcasts with a variety of different posts on Three Percent,<\/a> and public conversation on a GoodReads Forum,<\/a> each season will result in a sort of primer for the book in question, an almost real-time, long-running book club.<\/p>\n The podcasts will also try to capture the tone and feel of weekly TV-recap podcasts by treating the novels respectfully, but not reverentially. Discussion about great books need not be deadly serious, and the levity of the podcast will help make it accessible to everyone\u2014even if you\u2019re not reading along. <\/p>\n Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n\u2019s The Invented Part<\/em><\/a> will be the first featured book (episodes released every Tuesday from 5\/16 through 7\/27), and Gu\u00f0bergur Bergsson\u2019s T\u00f3mas J\u00f3nsson, Bestseller<\/em><\/a> will be the second (8\/3-9\/28). <\/p>\n Three Percent Podcast co-host\u2014and Open Letter publisher\u2014Chad Post will be joined by Brian Wood (short story writer, mastermind behind the satirical ROC<\/span> in Your Mouth<\/a> podcast) to talk about The Invented Part<\/em>, and poet-translator Lytton Smith will come on for the T\u00f3mas J\u00f3nsson, Bestseller<\/em> discussions. <\/p>\n To support this new venture, both The Invented Part<\/em><\/a> and T\u00f3mas J\u00f3nsson, Bestseller<\/em><\/a> are available through the Open Letter website at a 20% discount. Just use the discount code 2MONTH at checkout. Both books are available now and will ship immediately.<\/p>\n All \u201cTwo Month Review\u201d podcasts will appear in the Three Percent Podcast feed<\/a> as well as under this Two Month Review tag.<\/a><\/p>\n If you have any questions\u2014or guest suggestions\u2014feel free to contact Chad Post at chad.post@rochester.edu. *<\/p>\n Season One Schedule: The Invented Part<\/em> by Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n<\/b><\/p>\n May 16th: Introduction to The Invented Part After six years and almost one hundred and thirty episodes, the Three Percent Podcast is expanding to include new weekly \u201cTwo Month Review\u201d mini-episodes. Each \u201cseason\u201d of the Two Month Review podcasts will highlight a different Open Letter book, reading it slowly over the course of eight to nine episodes. 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\nJune 1st: \u201cThe Real Character\u201d (pgs. 1-45)
\nJune 8th: \u201cPlace Where the Seas Ends\u201d (Part I) (pgs. 46-98)
\nJune 15th: \u201cPlace Where the Seas Ends\u201d (Part II) (pgs. 99-207)
\nJune 22nd: \u201cPlace Where the Seas Ends\u201d (Part III<\/span>) (pgs. 208-229)
\nJune 29th: \u201cA Few Things You Happen to Think About\u201d (pgs. 230-300)
\nJuly 6th: \u201cMany F\u00eates, or Study for a Group Portrait with Broken Decalogues\u201d (pgs. 301-360)
\nJuly 13th: \u201cLife After People\u201d (pgs. 361-403)
\nJuly 20th: \u201cMeanwhile, Once Again\u201d (pgs. 404-439)
\nJuly 27th: \u201cThe Imaginary Person\u201d (pgs. 440-547)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"