{"id":410372,"date":"2018-12-19T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=410372"},"modified":"2018-12-20T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:42:09","slug":"three-percent-151-a-time-for-gifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2018\/12\/19\/three-percent-151-a-time-for-gifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Percent #151: A Time for Gifting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long conversation about a rather strange Rochester gathering of arts organizations, Chad and Tom get down to business: recommending their favorite books of 2018. Except, rather than just make a list, they decide which of their friends or relatives should receive each of these titles. Then they talk about a couple movies, heists, and NXIVM.<\/p>\n<p>This is the blank book they were making fun of:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-410462 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/56692663356__194EB37E-5DAD-4E8B-BFA6-80760DC110FE-e1545313322731-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/56692663356__194EB37E-5DAD-4E8B-BFA6-80760DC110FE-e1545313322731-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/56692663356__194EB37E-5DAD-4E8B-BFA6-80760DC110FE-e1545313322731-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A (hopefully) complete list of the recommended titles:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The Shift\u00a0<\/em>by Russell Carleton<\/p>\n<p><em>Seasonal Associate\u00a0<\/em>by Heike Geissler<\/p>\n<p><em>Ivory Pearl\u00a0<\/em>by Jean-Patrick Manchette<\/p>\n<p><em>Lost Empress\u00a0<\/em>by Sergio De La Pava<\/p>\n<p><em>The Largesse of the Sea Maiden\u00a0<\/em>by Denis Johnson<\/p>\n<p><em>The Overstory\u00a0<\/em>by Richard Powers<\/p>\n<p><em>Paradise Rot<\/em>\u00a0by Jenny Hval<\/p>\n<p><em>CoDex 1962<\/em> by Sj\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p><em>Madame Victoria\u00a0<\/em>by Catherine Leroux<\/p>\n<p><em>Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants\u00a0<\/em>by Mathias \u00c9nard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This week&#8217;s music is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m3yqgRyHkSU\">Young Lady, You&#8217;re Scaring Me<\/a>&#8221; by Ron Gallo.<\/p>\n<p>As always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to: threepercentpodcast@gmail.com. Also, if there are articles you\u2019d like us to read and analyze (or just make fun of), send those along as well.<\/p>\n<p>And if you like the podcast, tell a friend and rate us or leave a review on iTunes!<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad<\/a> on Twitter and Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/openletterbooks\/\">OL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chadwpost\/\">Chad<\/a>) for book and baseball talk.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t already subscribe to the Three Percent Podcast you can find us on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/three-percent-podcast\/id434696686?mt=2\">iTunes,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/three-percent-podcast\">Stitcher,<\/a> and other places. Or you can always subscribe by adding our feed directly into your favorite podcast app: http:\/\/threepercent.libsyn.com\/rss<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7980755\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/52b9e2\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long conversation about a rather strange Rochester gathering of arts organizations, Chad and Tom get down to business: recommending their favorite books of 2018. Except, rather than just make a list, they decide which of their friends or relatives should receive each of these titles. 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