{"id":436262,"date":"2021-01-28T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=436262"},"modified":"2021-01-28T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:20:59","slug":"tmr-14-7-alsaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2021\/01\/28\/tmr-14-7-alsaka\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 14.7: “Alsaka” [J R]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan O’Brien (The House in Scarsdale<\/em><\/a>, A Story that Happens<\/em><\/a>) joins the podcast this week to talk about\u00a0J R\u00a0<\/em>from a playwriting perspective. Lots of interesting insights in this episode, about theater, about the relationship between art and commerce in the book, and about GameStop.<\/p>\n

This week’s music is “Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe<\/a>” by Okkervil River.<\/p>\n

If you’d prefer to watch<\/em> the conversation, you can find it on YouTube<\/a> along with all our past episodes<\/a>. You can watch the next episode on Wednesday, February 3rd<\/a> where you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions, make comments, or correct inaccurate statements. Here’s where you can find the complete reading schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow Open Letter,<\/a> Chad Post,<\/a> and Brian Wood<\/a> for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.<\/p>\n

Be sure to order Brian’s book, Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is now officially available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions.<\/p>\n

You can also support this podcast and\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter’s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The large image<\/a> associated with this post is copyrighted by Hern\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era.<\/a><\/p>\n