Three Percent
Chad W. Post, Joseph Alcala, KAIJA STRAUMANISThe Substack from Open Letter at the University of Rochester featuring cultural analysis, the Translation Database, the Three Percent Podcast, book reviews, insights into publishing literary translations, and more.
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TMR 31.5: "I Could Have Been The Conductor of a Shawm Band" [The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice]
Covering two sections of the novel—the “Fifth Intermezzo” and “Book Ten”—this episode of TMR starts by discussing how life didn’t turn out how Oskar Pakulat had hoped, and then meanders through Beatrice’s search for the unicorn Anaximander,...
TMR 31.4: "When I Was a Barge" [The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice]
This week, Kaija, Brian, and Chad talk about the various levels of narration to this book and the interplay between the “books” and the “intermezzos.” They also end up comparing and connecting The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice t...
Announcing the 2026 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize Finalists!
It’s that time of year again, in which we announce the ten finalists for the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Awarded annually since 1976, the prize recognizes a work of fiction by an early-career woman writer and is presented by the Susan B. A...
Daniel Hahn on "If This Be Magic"
On this episode, Daniel Hahn OBE joins Chad to talk about his new book, If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation. They discuss how the book foregrounds the roles creativity and interpretation play in translation, wha...
An Excerpt from "The City" by Lara Moreno
In lieu of a formal Open Letter newsletter this month, I thought I would share a few highlights along with a substantial excerpt from The City by Lara Moreno, translated from the Spanish by Alice Banks & Katie Whittemore. This is a great bo...
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Publisher of Open Letter Books and editorial consultant for Dalkey Archive Press. Interested in international and innovative literature.
reading, writing.
Editorial Director at Coffee House Press, translator from the Latvian, TMR regular
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