Category: Research Notes
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The Heart of June
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Mason Radkoff writes about The Heart of June from Braddock Avenue Books. + RESEARCH FROM WITHIN In an instant, I just had him. Walking alone by the Atlantic Ocean, having been…
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Mr Darwin’s Gardener
Our Translation Notes series invites literary translators to describe the process of bringing a recent book of fiction into English. In this installment, Emily Jeremiah writes about co-translating Mr Darwin’s Gardener by Kristina Carlson (Peirene Press). + Kristina Carlson’s Mr Darwin’s Gardener is a daring, witty, and profound novel about reason and faith, science and…
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I Stole The Rain
Our Translation Notes series invites literary translators to describe the process of bringing a recent book of fiction into English. In this installment, Lisa McCreadie writes about translating I Stole The Rain by Elisa Ruotolo (Frisch & Co). + What initially struck you about the book when you first read it? I think what first…
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Creature
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Amina Cain writes about Creature from The Dorothy Project. + 1. rejection in The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras 2. California 3. a cameo necklace 4. Dorothea in George Eliot’s Middlemarch…
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Play Pretty Blues
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Snowden Wright writes about his novel Play Pretty Blues from Engine Books. + On June 15, 2000, in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, a hearing was held, the Estate of Robert…
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A Swift Passage
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Barbara Henning writes about her collection A Swift Passage from Quale Press. + A Swift Passage is a collection of prose pieces (and one lined-sonnet sequence) that I have written in…
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Isle of Youth
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Laura van den Berg writes about her novel Isle of Youth from FSG. + When it comes to place, The Isle of Youth is a mix of autobiography, invention, and research.…
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This Darksome Burn
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Nick Ripatrazone writes about his novella This Darksome Burn from firthForth Books. + 1. Hallways and bedrooms. The Shining, The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Black Christmas, and The…
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There
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Heather Rounds writes about her novel There from Emergency Press. + First came some years of yearning to take a break from Baltimore, my home for over a decade, and then came Erbil —…
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Zinsky The Obscure
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ilan Mochari reveals how his high school yearbook quote and a “failed” first novel were the taproot for his debut novel, Zinsky the Obscure from Fomite Press. + My high school…
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A Handful of Sand
Our Translation Notes series invites literary translators to describe the process of bringing a recent book of fiction into English. In this installment, Will Firth writes about translating A Handful of Sand by Marinko Koscec (Istros Press). + I work as a literary translator and mainly translate novels and short stories for publishers in Britain…
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Spider in a Tree
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Susan Stinson writes about her novel Spider In A Tree from Small Beer Press. + Years: Writing Fiction about Jonathan Edwards in Northampton Spider in a Tree is a historical novel…