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After a bit of banter about how baseball front officesÌý³¾¾±²µ³ó³ÙÌýbe as bad at naming things as book people, and a plug for Paul Vidich’sÌý, Chad and Tom each draft four forthcoming books from a total of eight different presses that they’ve both agreed to read and discuss in future episodes. How could this possibly go wrong?

Also: On the next episode they’ll be discussing Matvei Yankelevich’s recent essay, “.” It’s a long piece that’s actually the third installment in a four-part series that he’s writing (, ), but can be read on its own in advance of the next podcast. If you have any comments, observations, reflections, criticisms, questions, feel free to email threepercentpodcast@gmail.com or contact Chad or Tom directly.

The eight books discussed in this episode as part of this reading project are:

Ìýby Marcel Brion, translated from the French by George MacLennan and Edward Gauvin (April)

Ìýby Mieko Kawakami, translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd (April)

by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle (June)

Ìýby Judith Schalansky, translated from the German by Jackie Smith (June)

Ìýby Kevin Lambert, translated from the French by Donald Winkler (July)

by Hye-young Pyun, translated from the Korean by Sora Kim-Russell (May)

Ìýby Eva García Sáenz, translated from the Spanish (?) by ???? (July)

Ìýby Szczepan Twardoch, translated from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye (April)

This week’s music is “” by Dan Deacon off the brilliantÌýMystic Familiar.Ìý

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