{"id":30041,"date":"2023-03-23T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2023-03-25T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T17:00:20","slug":"open-letter-books-episode-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2023\/03\/23\/open-letter-books-episode-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter Books &#8212; Episode 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Header 2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Header-2-1-e1493098728843.jpg?resize=929%2C200\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-20947\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>This week\u2019s episode is all about one of our favorite publishers: Open Letter Books. Trevor and Paul are joined by translated lit super fan, Ron Restrepo, as they share a few favorite Open Letter titles, talk about the ones they can\u2019t wait to pick up next, and discuss the importance and magic of this vital and exciting press.<\/p>\n<p>We also announce the winner of our giveaway of <em>Arabesques<\/em>! Oh, and we have another giveaway . . .<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy the episode!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26313051\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/003366\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"192\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>To subscribe to the Substack newsletter, which also contains all the shownotes and additional information, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/mookse.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Patreon<\/h3>\n<p>We appreciate so much the support we receive on Patreon to help cover the costs of this fun venture! Each Patreon supporter gets early access to episodes as well as (mostly) monthly bonus episodes.<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mookse\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Shownotes<\/h3>\n<h4 data-pm-slice=\"1 3 &#091;&#093;\">Books<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/em>, by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa<\/li>\n<li><em>Solenoid<\/em>, by Mircea C?rt?rescu, translated by Sean Cotter<\/li>\n<li><em>Arabesques<\/em>, by Anton Shammas, translated by Vivian Eden<\/li>\n<li><em>Bariloche<\/em>, by Andr\u00e9s Neuman, translated by Robin Meyers<\/li>\n<li><em>This Is Not Miami<\/em>, by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes<\/li>\n<li><em>Two Sherpas<\/em>, by Sebasti\u00e1n Mart\u00ednez Daniell<\/li>\n<li><em>Moving Parts<\/em>, by Magdalena Tulli, translated by Bill Johnston<\/li>\n<li><em>Flaw<\/em>, by Magdalena Tulli, translated by Bill Johnston<\/li>\n<li><em>Plainsong<\/em>, by Kent Haruf<\/li>\n<li><em>Our Souls at Night<\/em>, by Kent Haruf<\/li>\n<li><em>Eventide<\/em>, by Kent Haruf<\/li>\n<li><em>Benediction<\/em>, by Kent Haruf<\/li>\n<li><em>The Story of a Life<\/em>, by Konstantin Paustovsky, translated by Douglas Smith<\/li>\n<li><em>The Thursday Murder Club<\/em>, by Richard Osman<\/li>\n<li><em>Nobody\u2019s Home<\/em>, by Dubravka Ugre\u0161i?, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursa?<\/li>\n<li><em>Rupert: A Confession<\/em>, by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, translated by Michelle Hutchison<\/li>\n<li><em>The Confessions of Noa Weber<\/em>, by Gail Hareven, translated by Dalya Bilu<\/li>\n<li><em>Chronicle of the Murdered House<\/em>, by L\u00facio Cardoso, translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson<\/li>\n<li><em>La Grande<\/em>, by Juan Jos\u00e9 Saer, translated by Steve Dolph<\/li>\n<li><em>Scars<\/em>, by Juan Jos\u00e9 Saer, translated by Steve Dolph<\/li>\n<li><em>The Sixty-Five Years of Washington<\/em>, by Juan Jos\u00e9 Saer, translated by Steve Dolph<\/li>\n<li><em>Death in Spring<\/em>, by Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda, translated by Martha Tennent<\/li>\n<li><em>Camellia Street<\/em>, by Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda, translated by David Rosenthal<\/li>\n<li><em>Radiant Terminus<\/em>, by Antoine Volodine, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman<\/li>\n<li><em>The Translator\u2019s Bride<\/em>, by Jo\u00e3o Reis, translated by the author<\/li>\n<li><em>Hunger<\/em>, by Knut Hamsun, translated by Robert Bly<\/li>\n<li><em>Four by Four<\/em>, by Sara Mesa, translated by Katie Whittemore<\/li>\n<li><em>Our Lady of the Nile<\/em>, by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Melanie Mauthner<\/li>\n<li><em>The Bottom of the Sky<\/em>, by Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n, translated by Will Vanderhyden<\/li>\n<li><em>Gesell Dome<\/em>, by Guillermo Saccomanno, translated by Andrea G. Labinger<\/li>\n<li><em>Hurricane Season<\/em>, by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes<\/li>\n<li><em>77<\/em>, by Guillermo Saccomanno, translated by Andrea G. Labinger<\/li>\n<li><em>The Clerk<\/em>, by Guillermo Saccomanno, translated by Andrea G. Labinger<\/li>\n<li><em>The Incompletes<\/em>, by Sergio Chejfec, translated by Heather Cleary<\/li>\n<li><em>The Planets<\/em>, by Sergio Chejfec, translated by Heather Cleary<\/li>\n<li>The Chejfec book I couldn\u2019t remember in the episode: <em>Baroni: A Journey<\/em>, by Sergio Chejfec, translated by Margaret Carson<\/li>\n<li><em>Fox<\/em>, by Dubravka Ugre\u0161i?, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursa? &amp; David Williams<\/li>\n<li><em>The Museum of Unconditional Surrender<\/em>, by Dubravka Ugre\u0161i?, translated by Celia Hawkesworth<\/li>\n<li><em>Not Even the Dead<\/em>, by Juan G\u00f3mez B\u00e1rcena, translated by Katie Whittemore<\/li>\n<li><em>Tirza<\/em>, by Arnon Grunberg, translated by Sam Garrett<\/li>\n<li><em>Ninth Building<\/em>, by Zou Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang<\/li>\n<li><em>Pachinko Parlor<\/em>, by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins<\/li>\n<li><em>Winter in Sokcko<\/em>, by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins<\/li>\n<li><em>Bluebeard\u2019s First Wife<\/em>, by Ha Seong-nan, translated by Janet Hong<\/li>\n<li><em>Flowers of Mold<\/em>, by Ha Seong-nan, translated by Janet Hong<\/li>\n<li><em>Maidenhair<\/em>, by Mikhail Shishkin, translated by Marian Schwartz<\/li>\n<li><em>The Physics of Sorrow<\/em>, by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p>The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us! You can subscribe at Apple podcasts or go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mooksepodcast.libsyn.com\/\" rel=\"\">feed<\/a> to import to your favorite podcatcher. You can also listen to us on YouTube, if that\u2019s your thing.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you\u2019d like to donate as well, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mookse\" rel=\"\">our Patreon page<\/a>. Patreon subscribers get a monthly bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor and Paul are joined by Ron Restrepo to talk about Open Letter Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"true","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"coauthors":[505],"class_list":["post-30041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Podcast-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqqvZ-7Ox","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30042,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041\/revisions\/30042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30041"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}