Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Tommy Zurhellen writes about Armageddon, Texas and the other volumes of his Messiah Trilogy, all from Atticus Books. + Tommy Z Writes a Trilogy: Notes on the Rule of Three 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, James Tadd Adcox writes about Does Not Love from Curbside Splendor. + Notes on “Views of My Father Weeping” Barthelme was one of the first writers I fell in love with…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Honor Gavin writes about Midland from Penned in the Margins. + Truth/Dare I found it nauseous trying to force more characters into the world. There are enough characters already. I became…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, James Brubaker writes about Liner Notes from Subito Press. + 0 | [Untitled Hidden Track] | James Brubaker | -0:43 I’m hesitant to admit this, but Liner Notes grew out of…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jeffrey Condran writes about Prague Summer from Counterpoint Press. + Novels are meant to be complex, to operate on multiple levels: plots, subplots, themes, motifs. I remember reading Milan Kundera’s, The…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Erika T. Wurth writes about Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend from Curbside Splendor. + Research, an Animal you Bang your Head Against Man, research is hard. Writing a novel is hard, it turns…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ben Parzybok writes about Sherwood Nation from Small Beer Press. + Sherwood Nation takes place in a post-collapse Portland, Oregon. The mayor of the city is still in charge of this…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Nicholas Rombes writes about The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing from Two Dollar Radio. + In one of the most dangerous, “Lynchian” moments in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Betty (Naomi Watts)…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Michael McGriff and J. M. Tyree write about Our Secret Life in the Movies from A Strange Object. + In 2009 we set out (and failed!) to watch every film 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, Alden Jones writes about Unaccompanied Minors from New American Press. + Of the seven stories in my collection, Unaccompanied Minors, the one that readers and reviewers seem most curious about is…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Sharon Erby writes about Parallel from Harvard Square Editions. + Change is a curious thing. As much as we humans may acknowledge the need for substantive change in our lives, so…