Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Michael Konik writes about Year 14 from Barrelhouse Books. + Mandatory Trigger Warning: May induce nausea and cynicism in readers prone to reasonableness. When I lived my younger life, visiting many places, many poor places, many…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Amy P. Knight writes about Lost, Almost from Engine Books. + As I sit down to write this, the threat of nuclear war has become terrifyingly concrete. Over the last six…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Dana Diehl writes about Our Dreams Might Align from Jellyfish Highway Press. + The Magic of Fact When I was a child, my family car rides were punctuated by my parents’…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Kristen N. Arnett writes about Felt in the Jaw from Split Lip Press. + why did you write that book, kristen: observational field notes There are so many things I want…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, David Hayden writes about Darker With The Lights On from Little Island Press/Carcanet Press (UK) and Transit Books (US). + On Forgetting and Writing Last week, last month, three years ago; on the bus, in a café,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Joan Wilking writes about Mycology from Curbside Splendor. + The Wrong Mushroom Everything I write starts as an image; a vintage hand-colored etching of a deadly mushroom hanging on a clothesline…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Matthew Stephen Sirois writes about Near Haven from Belle Lutte Press. + Two men sit on a wooden pier, smoking, discussing a light in the sky. Eight years ago, this image fell toward me like a…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Kevin Allardice writes about Family, Genus, Species from Outpost 19. + Research — to search — sounds glamorous, romantic, even adventurous. Indiana Jones does research. That dimly mulleted man Tom Hanks…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Rebecca Entel writes about Fingerprints of Previous Owners from Unnamed Press. + + I started taking notes when I visited the Bahamas — to develop an off-campus course for the college…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Tania Hershman writes about Some Of Us Glow More Than Others from Unthank Books. + 1. I show up. I wake up. I pitch up. I lift up. I look up.…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, An Tran writes about Meditations on the Mother Tongue from C&R Press. + Methodology The methodology is simple, but requires technical finesse: Firmly staple an object to the mind, such that…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Gillian Best writes about The Last Wave from Freight Books. + There were two key bits of research I did for The Last Wave: the first, speaking to accomplished Channel swimmer…