{"id":431452,"date":"2020-05-07T21:30:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=431452"},"modified":"2020-05-07T21:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:30:43","slug":"three-percent-181-unraveling-women-and-hard-working-peasants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2020\/05\/07\/three-percent-181-unraveling-women-and-hard-working-peasants\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Percent #181: Unraveling Women and Hard-Working Peasants"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bit of an experimental episode, Chad is joined by five indie booksellers to talk about the “new normal,” fears of reopening, what booksellers are doing now, and\u2014most importantly\u2014actual books. The complete rundown of recommendations is below, but one note: please buy these titles from the bookseller who recommended them. Sparks said it diplomatically at the end, but if at all possible, order\u00a0directly<\/em>, not through Bookshop.org. (Although given that\u00a0zero\u00a0<\/em>Open Letter books were plugged, maybe you should buy our books only from Amazon? KIDDING. Buy them from Bookshop.org.)<\/p>\n

Also, if you like this podcast and all the free programming that Open Letter\/Three Percent provides, consider donating to us as well. You have to write us in on that U of R form so that the money comes directly to Open Letter, but we absolutely need your support right now. (Especially as Chad tries to figure out the future with no employees for part of the summer . . . Yay mandatory furloughs!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are the recommendations, with links directly to the store recommending said title:<\/p>\n

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Emma Ramadan, Riffraff<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Word Pretty<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Elisa Gabbert (Black Ocean)<\/p>\n

Pizza Girl: A Novel<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Jean Kyoung Frazier (Doubleday)<\/p>\n

That Time of Year<\/em><\/a> by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump (or “Stumps” if you believe Amazon) (Two Lines)<\/p>\n

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Shuchi Saraswat, Brookline Booksmith<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Calamities<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Renee Gladman (Wave Books)<\/p>\n

Territory of Light<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Yuko Tsushima (Picador)<\/p>\n

Minor Detail<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette (New Directions)<\/p>\n

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Nick Buzanski, Books Are Magic<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luminous Republic <\/em><\/a>by Andres Barba, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)<\/p>\n

All My Cats<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Bohumil Hrabal (New Directions)<\/p>\n

On Lighthouses<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Jazmina Barrera, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney (Two Lines)<\/p>\n

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Stephen Sparks, Point Reyes Books<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Unseen<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Roy Jacobsen, translated from the Norwegian by Don Shaw and Don Bartlett (Biblioasis)<\/p>\n

Grove<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Esther Kinsky, translated from the German by Caroline Schmidt (Transit)<\/p>\n

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Cristina Rodriguez, Deep Vellum Books<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

throughsmoke<\/em><\/a> by Jehanne Dubrow (New Rivers Press)<\/p>\n

Cockfight<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Mar\u00eda Fernanda Ampuero, translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle (Feminist Press)<\/p>\n

Ancestry of Objects<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Tatiana Ryckman (Deep Vellum)<\/p>\n

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