Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Gabriel Blackwell is on the trail of Lewis Archer for his new book Shadow Man (Civil Coping Mechanisms). + Shadow Man is an imitation of a biography of an imitation (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, Jonathan Taylor writes about Entertaining Strangers, a novel out now from Salt Publishing. + The title of my novel, Entertaining Strangers, originates from the well-known Biblical verse from Hebrews: ‘Be not…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Amber Sparks writes about May We Shed These Human Bodies (Curbside Splendor). + The Effect of all This Light Upon You The research process for me, especially when the piece is 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, Salvatore Pane shares the process behind his novel Last Call In The City Of Bridges (Braddock Avenue Books. + 1. Have a lot of feelings about being in your twenties during…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Kathleen Rooney introduces us to Robinson Alone, her novel in poems recently published by Gold Wake Press. + My husband and fellow writer Martin Seay has a not particularly rigorously followed…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Stacy Carlson leads us through the curiosities of her novel Among The Wonderful, now in paperback from Steerforth Press. + My research for Among the Wonderful was a kaleidoscopic funhouse ride…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Rosalie Morales Kearns writes about Virgins & Tricksters (Aqueous Books). + Some might describe my fiction as magic realist, though I think it falls into other niches of the fantastic: magic-absurdism,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Courtney Elizabeth Mauk fans the flames of her novel Spark (Engine Books). + I: HABITAT When I began writing Spark, I was living in a two-bedroom apartment on Herkimer Street 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, Gregory Spatz writes about Inukshuk (Bellevue Literary Press). + Flapless Landing I was on a flight into Bakersfield, California when the flight-attendant came on the intercom to announce that we’d be…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Josh Russell writes about A True History of the Captivation, Transport to Strange Lands, & Deliverance of Hannah Guttentag (Dzanc Books). + Unlike my first two novels, Yellow Jack, which 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, Patrick Somerville writes about This Bright River (Reagan Arthur Books). + 16 Data Points: A List of Some Things About This Bright River To prepare, I played Zork again. A lot.…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Tim Horvath shows us the things he dragged home to be part of his collection Understories (Bellevue Literary Press). + TRIPS TO THE SALVAGE SHOP I love research, which I like…