The Journal

Notes from the
editing room.

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.

May 2026

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.

April 2026

Choosing the paper

A short essay on cream vs. natural stock, GSM weights, and why we've stayed with our Michigan mill for eight years running.

March 2026

A conversation with John Jason Phillips

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.

February 2026

Winter open reading period — what we learned

Two hundred and eleven manuscripts. Six offers. A note on what caught our attention and what didn't.

January 2026

The letter that comes with every book

Why every subscription copy leaves the house with a printed letter from the author — and how the tradition began, almost by accident, in 2018.

December 2025

Reading room notes: winter guests

A partial list of writers, booksellers and readers who visited the house between October and December, and the conversations we're still thinking about.

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— Independent Booksellers Quarterly
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