Fall and Winter 2023 Big Book Preview (Phil's Version)

Personally, I Am Most Excited About

Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations, January

A beloved friend of the newsletter and one of those critics who I read on every subject: Vinson rules and I can’t wait to see what he’s come up with.

Zito Madu, The Minotaur at Calla Lanza, January or February?

My globetrotting sportswriter friend has written a memoir!

Emily Zhou, Girlfriends, October

One of my favorite Twitter follows of the last several years. Can’t wait.

Werner Herzog!!!!!!!!!!, trans. Michael Hofmann!!!!!!!, Every Man For Himself and God Against All: A Memoir, October!!!!!!!!!!

I’m so excited I could eat a shoe.

Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz, October

What if the ancient American city of Cahokia had survived into the Roaring Twenties? This premise appeals to my Midwestern heart, and also, Francis Spufford rules, Red Plenty kicks ass, I lend Unapologetic to anybody who expresses the least curiosity about Christianity, etc.

Joanna Russ, Novels and Stories, October

Canon Fodder