Category: Research Notes
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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.…
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Thieves
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Valerie Werder writes about Thieves from Fence. + December 22, 2016 — I receive a hardcover journal from a coworker at a holiday party Secret Santa. She’s the exhibitions coordinator; I’m…
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Here In The Night
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Rebecca Turkewitz writes about Here In The Night from Black Lawrence Press. + I’ve long been fascinated by the myriad ways local lore and ghost stories reflect and reinforce a community’s…
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Time Will Break the World
Novel Research in 3 Images Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Aaron Jacobs writes about Time Will Break the World from Run Amok Books. + 1. My novel, Time Will Break the World, is inspired by the…
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Dog On Fire
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Terese Svoboda writes about Dog On Fire from University of Nebraska Press. + Looking Under the Rug: An Essay on Researching Dog on Fire My new novel Dog on Fire is…
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The Martyrs, The Lovers
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Catherine Gammon writes about The Martyrs, The Lovers from 55 Fathoms Publishing. + 1 When I first researched the life and work of Petra Kelly, I was preparing to write a…
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The Swallows of Lunetto
For every page of a writer’s work that makes its way into the light, there must be hundreds that remain hidden, mythic, gnarled roots in the darkness.
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Design Flaw
I learned I was a nonbeliever at age six or seven. I think the experience must be common: one observes a certain lack of feeling. It was summer, dull bright morning, my sisters and I hanging on a mossy tree. I told them what had passed through my mind.
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Bratwurst Haven
As someone who often writes historical fiction, I’m used to doing traditional research.