On the seventh draft
Why the manuscript you thought was finished in February often becomes a book only in September — a note from the editorial director on the middle passage of a novel.
Occasional dispatches from the house — on editing, on the books we're making, on the writers whose work we live inside of for a year or two at a time.
Why the manuscript you thought was finished in February often becomes a book only in September — a note from the editorial director on the middle passage of a novel.
A short essay on cream vs. natural stock, GSM weights, and why we've stayed with our Michigan mill for eight years running.
The author on the writing of his forthcoming novel, on Jacksonville, and on the discipline of walking three miles every morning before opening the notebook.
Two hundred and eleven manuscripts. Six offers. A note on what caught our attention and what didn't.
Why every subscription copy leaves the house with a printed letter from the author — and how the tradition began, almost by accident, in 2018.
A partial list of writers, booksellers and readers who visited the house between October and December, and the conversations we're still thinking about.
"A press whose editorial patience feels almost radical in the current landscape of American publishing."
Four times a year we send a printed letter to subscribers and correspondents — a proper letter, in an envelope, describing what the house is making and reading. To receive it, please write to us with your postal address.
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