Category: Research Notes
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The Weakness of Commas
Our Translation Notes series invites translators to describe some element of their process for a recent translation. This week, Jamie Richards introduces an essay on craft by Marosia Castaldi, whose book The Hunger of Women Jamie recently translated for publisher And Other Stories. + Jamie Richards: To introduce this essay by Marosia Castaldi, I want…
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Waiting For Al Gore
It’s shocking how long ago I began writing my novel Waiting for Al Gore. I am not patient, persistent, persevering, or any of those commendable qualities ascribed to authors who doggedly toil away, draft after plodding draft, year after year.
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Downlanders
In September, 1992, my un-girlfriend and I tramped our way slowly down a trail from Resurrection Pass in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. We were caked in gray ash, the result of a nearby volcano blowing its lid two nights before while we were in our tent. The mountains around us were shrouded in vapors. A dense,…
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Roxy and Coco
Roxy and Coco is a novel about two harpies – nearly immortal winged women – who are employed as social workers but sometimes lose patience and drop abusive parents off cliffs.
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Dangerous Blues
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Stephen Policoff writes about Dangerous Blues from Flexible Press. + A Hidden World of Mysterious Meaning When I finished my second novel, Come Away (Dzanc Books 2014), I thought for certain…
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Weft
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 Weft from Madrona Books. + Inevitable Conclusion: On Epigraphs and Ethnographies In the vaguely demented process of novel-writing there are calm little rituals of time-wasting, detours indulgently…
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The Last Caretaker
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jessica Strawser writes about The Last Caretaker from Lake Union Publishing. + Second Nature Early December As a writer, when it’s time to brainstorm a new idea, I like to take…
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Other Minds and Other Stories
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Bennett Sims writes about Other Minds and Other Stories from Two Dollar Radio. + My new collection, Other Minds and Other Stories, contains twelve stories, written over a period of six…
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The World and Varvara
Our Translation Notes series invites literary translators to describe the process of bringing a text into English, or to offer perspectives on global literatures from which they translate. In this installment, K.E. Semmel writes about translating the work of Simon Fruelund including the recently published novel The World and Varvara (Spuyten Duyvil). + Stirring the…
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The Return
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, James Terry writes about The Return from Outpost 19. + I wouldn’t take it as a compliment if someone were to say of one of my fictions that it was well-researched. …
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Landscapes
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Christine Lai writes about Landscapes from Two Dollar Radio. + Ruinenlust At one point in my life, I was obsessed with the English Romantics, who were obsessed with ruins and fragments.…
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Imperfect Lives
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, C.J. Washington writes about Imperfect Lives from Little A. + I am a writer but not a gardener. I love plants, and I am the worst kind of caretaker for them.…