In Realism, Naturalism and Dead Dudes by Suzanne Baff reports on a research study that resulted from a qualitative research course she took with me. Originally, this research was represented entirely in poetry, but to be published the journal required some prose be written around the poetry to orient the reader.

Baff, S. J. (1997) Realism and Naturalism and Dead Dudes: Talking About Literature in 11th Grade English. Qualitative Inquiry, 3(4), 468-490.

Another approach used in interpretive research is poetic transcription (Baff uses this technique but also uses poetry rather than prose as well). Corrine Glesne illustrates forms of poetic transcription in That Rare Feeling. This excerpt illustrates two forms of poetic transcription she discusses.

Glesne, C. (1997). That Rare Feeling: Re-presenting Research Through Poetic Transcription. Qualitative Inquiry, 3(2), 202-221.

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