{"id":307846,"date":"2018-02-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2018\/02\/22\/two-month-review-4-02-the-physics-of-sorrow-part-i-pgs-1-58\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:06:35","slug":"two-month-review-4-02-the-physics-of-sorrow-part-i-pgs-1-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2018\/02\/22\/two-month-review-4-02-the-physics-of-sorrow-part-i-pgs-1-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Review: #4.02: The Physics of Sorrow (Part I, Pgs 1-58)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chad and Brian are joined by Tom Roberge of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riffraffpvd.com\/\">Riffraff<\/a> (and the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/three-percent-podcast\/id434696686?mt=2\">Three Percent Podcast<\/a>) to discuss the first section of Georgi Gospodinov\u2019s <em>The Physics of Sorrow<\/em>. They talk about the book\u2019s general conceit, the minotaur myth, <em>Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief<\/em>, Eastern European history, fascism and communism, and much more. It\u2019s a really fun episode\u2014and one that you can actually <em>watch<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HgPNws2KNI\">YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Baker of University Bookstore in Seattle will guest star on the next episode, which covers Part II (59-72). This episode will be broadcast live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inR-7EGt0j4\">YouTube on Sunday, February 25th.<\/a> We\u2019ll be discussion Part II (pgs 59-72), and you can watch us, ask questions, make general comments, talk about the lighting in Brian\u2019s closet, etc. Or you can wait for the normal podcast release next Thursday, March 1st.<\/p>\n<p>As always, <em>The Physics of Sorrow<\/em> (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/the-physics-of-sorrow\">website.<\/a> Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to comment on this episode\u2014or on the book in general\u2014either 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>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> for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And you can follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theTomRoberge\">Tom Roberge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riffraffpvd\">Riffraff<\/a> for more info about books, bookselling, and other general commentary.<\/p>\n<p>And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">clicking here.<\/a> And be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/two-month-review\/id1253564436\">leave us a review on iTunes!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music for this season of Two Month Review is <a href=\"https:\/\/splendorandmisery.bandcamp.com\/track\/stars-and-babies\">Stars and Babies<\/a> by Splendor and Misery, featuring Georgi\u2019s translator, Angela Rodel!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6281882\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ffaf46\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad and Brian are joined by Tom Roberge of Riffraff (and the Three Percent Podcast) to discuss the first section of Georgi Gospodinov\u2019s The Physics of Sorrow. 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