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TMR 32.7: “They Are Words Magic!” [Tristram Shandy]
On this week’s episode, Kaija reaches her breaking point, Brian has Stockholm syndrome, and Chad is in danger of an Anchylosis. They also talk about travel-writing, time in narrative, donkeys, Sancho Panza, pabulum, and how much Tristram ha...
Three Percent Podcast #215: The Icelandic Translator Triptych
Over the past two months, Open Letter has released three Icelandic titles—Boudoir by Sigrún Pálsdóttir & Lytton Smith, The Strongest Woman in the World by Steinunn G. Helgadóttir & Larissa Kyzer, and 12 Women + Under a Volcano by Svava Jako...
“On the Greenwich Line” by Shady Lewis & Katharine Halls [Read This Next]
What follows is an entry in the revived “Read This Next” feature in which, every Friday, we’ll recommend a single title in 500 words-ish. Could be new or out of print, translated or written in English, but it almost certainly won’t be a boo...
TMR 32.6: “A Tolerable Straight Line” [Tristram Shandy]
Harold Rogers (Tropicália) comes on to talk about his new novel, Humpty Dumpty, and Laurence Sterne’s influence on his writing. After that, the conversation turns to how best to handle marital disputes, the tragic nature of Volume VI of Tri...
“Swing Hammer Swing!” by Jeff Torrington [Read This Next]
What follows is an entry in the revived “Read This Next” feature in which, every Friday, we’ll recommend a single title in 500 words-ish. Could be new or out of print, translated or written in English, but it almost certainly won’t be a boo...
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Publisher of Open Letter Books and editorial consultant for Dalkey Archive Press. Interested in international and innovative literature.
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Who archives the archives; or, Letters to Dalkey; or, Matt reads every Dalkey Archive book. Ever.
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