{"id":426452,"date":"2019-10-10T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=426452"},"modified":"2019-10-10T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T13:23:55","slug":"tmr-10-2-the-fact-that-ducks-newburyport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2019\/10\/10\/tmr-10-2-the-fact-that-ducks-newburyport\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 10.2: &#8220;The Fact That&#8221; [Ducks, Newburyport]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to an unforeseen illness, Chad and Brian ended up going this one alone, and focus mostly on the way that &#8220;the fact that&#8221; functions, both in building the character and impacting the reader. Chad asks Brian some craft questions, they debate what makes a book &#8220;difficult&#8221; (and whether this is difficult or just long), more talk about mothers (go moms!), the difficulties of raising children, a hierarchy of fears, Shirley Jackson and Rochester, &#8220;Daily Carry,&#8221; and much more. If for nothing else, you should listen to hear them read aloud from the novel\u2014it&#8217;s a book that&#8217;s perfectly suited for being read aloud. After you hear these quotes, you will\u00a0<em>definitely\u00a0<\/em>want to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to\u00a0<em>watch<\/em> the conversation, you can find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7WyYcS9yAJk\">YouTube<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCicUncIFZZEdqt8pka0U05g?view_as=subscriber\">all our past episodes<\/a>. Next week&#8217;s episode (up to page 231) will be broadcast live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pIIGuG_gMj8\">here<\/a>. And you can discuss this book at the reactivated Goodreads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/group\/show\/216472-two-month-review\">Two Month Review Discussion Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s music is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=th06-MO9Abc\">Run<\/a>&#8221; by pronoun.<\/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 random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And follow Patrick on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTSmith_Vt\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/green_mountain_rambler\/\">Instagram<\/a> for hot takes and pictures of Vermont bookstores.<\/p>\n<p>And be sure to preorder Brian&#8217;s book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/products\/joytime-killbox\"><em>Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is coming out this fall from BOA Editions.<\/p>\n<p>You can find all the Two Month Review posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/category\/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> It really helps people to discover the podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11581838\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ffaf46\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to an unforeseen illness, Chad and Brian ended up going this one alone, and focus mostly on the way that &#8220;the fact that&#8221; functions, both in building the character and impacting the reader. 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