{"id":428442,"date":"2020-01-06T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T22:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=428442"},"modified":"2020-01-06T17:49:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T22:49:56","slug":"tmr-10-14-we-made-it-to-the-end-ducks-newburyport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2020\/01\/06\/tmr-10-14-we-made-it-to-the-end-ducks-newburyport\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 10.14: &#8220;We Made it to the End&#8221; [DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We did it! Chad and Brian reflect on the somewhat surprising ending to <em>Ducks, Newburyport\u00a0<\/em>and reflect on all 1,000+ of its glorious pages in the season finale to this Two Month Review. They debate whether the book is hopeful or pessimistic, the way in which its solipsism infects the reader&#8217;s way of seeing the world, and they take one last shot at anti-mom nut job, Dr. Phil.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s music is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9SQGIYFyhf8\">Let&#8217;s Never Leave Here<\/a>&#8221; by Death and Vanilla<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to <em>watch<\/em> the conversation, you can find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMs6n1xXk_E\">YouTube<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCicUncIFZZEdqt8pka0U05g?view_as=subscriber\">all our past episodes<\/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>We&#8217;ll be back in February with the next season:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/the-dreamed-part\"><em>The Dreamed Part <\/em><\/a>by Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n!<\/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. Also follow Elizabeth DeMeo on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elizabethamy213?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a> and at her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethdemeo.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to order Brian&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/products\/joytime-killbox\"><em>Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is now officially available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions<\/p>\n<p>You can also support this podcast and\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter&#8217;s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1676\/giving19\/giving19.aspx?sid=1676&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=712&amp;cid=1541&amp;appealcode=15U2Y\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/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\/12639995\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it! 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