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Three Percent
Three Percent Podcast
The Three Percent Podcast is a weekly(ish) conversation about new books, the publishing scene, international literature in translation, and many other random rants and raves. Chad W. Post of Open Letter Books and Tom Roberge of New Directions and Albertine Bookstore keep things irreverent, informed, and funny in a podcast that'll keep you up to date on the international literary and publishing worlds. Maybe. (Presented by Three Percent @ the University of Rochester.)
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4.9 stars from 96 ratings
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“I like that this podcast comes at the publishing from a different angle but the hosts have this habit of declaring that any given book is "just bad" and then move along in the discussion without explaining why they have that opinion. To me this comes across as arrogant. It's like they're saying...”Read full review »
JustEmilyC via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/01/18
Great fun
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“I love this podcast. Everything from insider baseball to actual baseball. And some publishing too.”
Fred1888 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
07/16/17
Essential literary listening
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“Wide-ranging and passionate - especially about literature in translation (hence the name three percent, the average percentage of books in translation published annualy in English. Intelligent, informed comment and an essential insight into the atlas of world literatures”
Terribleman via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/14/17
Recent Episodes
Little discussion of Priaseworthy in this episode. Instead there's a longer discussion about publishing, art, sales, how do these books get made?, favorite lines, future games, and much more. It's a 20,000 foot view of book culture with an emphasis on success, investment, and more. Enjoy!
This...
Published 04/29/24
Talk of Australian cartoons—and not just Bluey—morphs into a look at several specific passages in Wright's Praiseworthy, discussion what makes the book "difficult" to read, the style of humor, what pushes us away from the text and then re-grabs out attention, and much more.
This week's music is...
Published 04/23/24
Chad and Kaija make up this week's panel as they play the "Slang Game," then discuss the elliptical meta-structure of the book and how this impacts their reading and the book's effectiveness. They also discuss Sam Rutter's New York Times review of the novel, addressing the difficulties of...
Published 04/12/24
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