{"id":306516,"date":"2017-06-29T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2017\/06\/29\/two-month-review-7-a-few-things-you-happen-to-think-about-when-all-you-want-is-to-think-about-nothing-the-invented-part-pages-231-300\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:06:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:06:39","slug":"two-month-review-7-a-few-things-you-happen-to-think-about-when-all-you-want-is-to-think-about-nothing-the-invented-part-pages-231-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2017\/06\/29\/two-month-review-7-a-few-things-you-happen-to-think-about-when-all-you-want-is-to-think-about-nothing-the-invented-part-pages-231-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Review #7: &#34;A Few Things You Happen to Think About When All You Want Is to Think About Nothing&#34; (The Invented Part, Pages 231-300)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Jonathan Lethem (<em>Motherless Brooklyn<\/em>, <em>Chronic City<\/em>) joins Chad and Brian to talk about The Writer&#8217;s trip to a hospital, where he assumes something horrible is happening, which is countered by a gushing forth of new story ideas. Jonathan tells of his own experience coming up with one of his most famous books while recovering from an operation, tells of how he first met and bonded with Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n, and talks about <em>Believeniks!<\/em>. This is a really meaty, fascinating episode about being a writer, mortality, Fres\u00e1n&#8217;s incredible talent, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to comment on this episode&#8212;or on the book in general&#8212;either on this post, or at the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/group\/show\/216472-two-month-review\">GoodReads Group.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Invented Part<\/em> is avaialble at better bookstores everywhere, and you can also order it directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/the-invented-part\">Open Letter,<\/a> where you can get 20% off by entering 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad Post,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood,<\/a> on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And you can find out about all of Jonathan Lethem&#8217;s books and more <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanlethem.com\/\">at his website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can find all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">Two Month Review<\/a> posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music for the first season of Two Month Review is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zOusKPeH7nU\">Big Sky<\/a> by The Kinks. <\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t already subscribe to Two Month Review\/Three Percent Podcast you can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and elsewhere. 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