Reading for Writing: How do I read for writerly research?

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Before I launch into several informational essays about which nonfiction books I’ve found useful and why (or, as the case may be, which nonfiction books I’ve found to be utterly useless), I thought I’d talk a little bit about what writerly research means to me.

As someone who is married to an academic and (in one of my day jobs) regularly interviews academics, I’ve come to understand that how I read for writerly research...