Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Andrew Ervin writes about Burning Down George Orwell’s House from Soho Press. + Finding It At the Movies When I was writing the first draft of Burning Down George Orwell’s House,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Andrew Roe writes about The Miracle Girl from Algonquin Books. + OK, I’m going to start with a confession: I’m not a big research guy. That’s not to say I don’t…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Philip Miller writes about The Blue Horse from Freight Books. + Finding The Blue Horse by Philip Miller My debut novel The Blue Horse is set in the art world, mainly…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Cate O’Toole writes about Oh My Darling from Black Lawrence Press. + Oh My Darling began with a truly bad reality show called Gold Rush. The Discovery Channel aired the first…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Cyn Vargas writes about On The Way from Curbside Splendor. Republished in a second edition by Tortoise Books in 2021. + My Way to On The Way The fourteen stories in…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Holly LeCraw writes about The Half-Brother from Doubleday Books. + Research. This is one of those topics where I don’t entirely trust myself. There are novelists out there who do copious…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Claire Fuller writes about Our Endless Numbered Days from Tin House. + A house in London My visit to the National Trust house, 2 Willow Road, in London wasn’t planned as…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Carola Dibbell writes about The Only Ones from Two Dollar Radio. + I started researching The Only Ones long before I ever dreamed of writing it. From 1974 till 1984, I…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jeremy Hawkins writes about The Last Days of Video from Soft Skull Books. + I worked on this novel for over six years before finding a publisher, and for a significant…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ellen Meeropol writes about On Hurricane Island from Red Hen Press. + Researching torture in Maine Standing in the security line at JFK Airport one day in 2008, I met my…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jeremy M. Davies writes about Fancy from Ellipsis Press. + For a book nominally about cats, Fancy is rotten with music. Not that you’d necessarily notice. Fancy has two speakers: Mr.…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Sonja Greckol writes about Skein of Days from Pedlar Press. + Experimental poetics: writing as research in Skein of Days or Looking for Amygdala Christian Boltanski’s video installation and postcard collection…