I don’t think I’ve mentioned it yet outside of my newsletter (and a post to the original Kickstarter backers), but my next book, Fine Specimens, is alive and well — and will be published by Quarto in spring 2026.

If you’re a type foundry and I haven’t yet spoken to you, please reach out.

My Favorite Books of 2024:
NONFICTION

The Message (Ta Nehisi Coates) loved audio version read by the author

FICTION
North Woods
Still Life
Great Circle
Demon Copperhead
The Vulnerables
James
I Who Have Never Known Men
There There
Euphoria (King)
First 3 Slow Horses books

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