Three Percent #162: I Am a Wild Rose
Chad and Tom are joined by from and author of the forthcomingÌý (October 1, Coffee House Press). They talk a bit about Translation Bread Loaf (two thumbs up) and about a special poster for anyone who buys the First 100 from Open Letter, before trying their best to breakdown a nonsensical metaphor that Chad heard at this weekend’s The Ladder Literary Conference. They also talk aboutÌýReinhardt’s Garden, Mark’s influences, the voice of the main character, and Chad’s “Five Tools for Authors” post. (Also: See the “Five Tools for Translators.”) Then, they recommend a slew of books to check out:
Ìýby Yannick Haenel, trans. by Teresa Lavender Fagan
Ìýby Ryan Chapman
Ìýby Alia Trabucco Zerán, trans. by Sophie Hughes
Ìýby Sergio Chejfec, trans. by Heather Cleary
Ìýby Rodrigo Fresán, trans. by Will Vanderhyden
Ìýby László Krasznahorkai, trans. by Ottilie Mulzet
Ìýby William S. Burroughs
Ìýby T Fleischmann
Ìýby Maria Tumarkin
Ìýby Rachel DeWoskin
Ìýby Ariana Harwicz, trans. by Annie McDermott and Carolina Orloff
Ìýby Deborah Levy
ÌýandÌýÌýby Silvina Ocampo, trans. by Suzanne Jill Levine, Jessica Powell, and Katie Lateef-Jan
by Kjersti Skomsvold, trans. by Becky Crook
Ìýby Azar Nafisi, trans. by Lotfali Khonji
Ìýby Yuz Aleshkovsky, trans. by Duffield White
Ìýby Edy Poppy
Ìýby Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik
This week’s intro music is “” by Stef Chura, and the outro music is “” from the same album, but featuring Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest.
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