Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Leesa Cross-Smith writes about Every Kiss A War from Mojave River Press. + Be very comfortable in second person. Listen to “Crimson and Clover” on repeat. Whenever “Layla” comes on, turn…

Our Translation Notes series invites literary translators to describe the process of bringing a recent book of fiction into English. In this installment, Charlotte Barslund writes about translating A Fairy Tale by Jonas T. Bengtsson (Other Press). + Despite its title, A Fairy Tale is a novel for adults, but told in the first person…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, TaraShea Nesbit writes about The Wives Of Los Alamos from Bloomsbury. + 1. Peggy Pond Church: Such joy it is to be the first to bend the cool, sweet grass. 2. Natalie Mirenda writes her husband after…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, John Henry Fleming writes about Songs for the Deaf from Burrow Press. + Idleness as Research, or The Varieties of Unproductive Experience If research is a path to understanding, I take…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Maud Casey writes about The Man Who Walked Away from Bloomsbury. + My most recent novel is “inspired by” (in TV docudrama parlance) a 19th century French psychiatric case study. It…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Scott Navicky writes about Humboldt: Or, the Power of Positive Thinking from CCLaP Publishing. + footnotesfootnotesfootnotes When my publisher first floated the idea of doing an annotated edition of my debut…

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 Cameron writes about The Bear from Little, Brown. + Algonquin Park It’s a huge wilderness area in Ontario where I used to lead canoe trips. During those years, there was…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Kirstin Chen writes about Soy Sauce for Beginners from New Harvest Books. + To Soy Sauce Enlightenment and Back My mother was visiting me in San Francisco, and after a string…

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 Ladd writes about What Ends from New Issues Press. + I grew up in Scotland, so you might think writing a novel set there would be easy. Throw in a…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Phong Nguyen writes about Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History from Queen’s Ferry Press. + Ground Rules At a certain point, during the writing of Pages from the Textbook 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, Rachel Cantor writes about A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World from Melville House. + Evading the Scramasax Leonard, complaints guy for a national…