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. +...
View ArticleImperfect 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...
View ArticleLandscapes
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...
View ArticleThe 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. +...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOther 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWeft
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....
View ArticleDangerous 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...
View ArticleRoxy and Coco
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 Roxy and Coco from West...
View ArticleDownlanders
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...
View ArticleWaiting 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBeware The Tall Grass
I was in the car on a road trip with my husband in 2014 when we heard a story about children with past life memories on National Public Radio. The story centered on a research program at the University...
View ArticleConsequences of Color
Our Translation Notes series invites translators to describe some element of their process for a recent translation. This week Michael Kidd discusses the challenges of translating racialized language...
View ArticleThe Poets
Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, William Walsh writes about The Poets from Erratum...
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