MEDIUM RARE: A Novel
coming March 2026 from Melville House
I am pleased and proud to share the announcement of my second novel:
I’ll have much more to say down the line, but for now—
This is the book of my Summer 2023 DIY residency and Austen Math sub side project.
It is a bizarre-premise novel. It is also truly a sports novel—hopefully the “big, exciting, literary” one predicted by Substack oracle
.I’ve removed the paywall to this discussion of its themes:
Status (part 2)
Welcome new subscribers; this is the second of a two-part post. Here’s the first (coincidentally a nice introduction to quite useless):
quite useless (this newsletter) is the main place where I’ll share further updates, if you want to subscribe—and thanks to those who already do!
Bring on the Madness,
ANJ
PS, including my “prophesy” below. Note the date! Thank you, Sarah and Michelle, for making it come true.
The book sounds incredible. Finally a novel about the perfect bracket.
Let's GOOOOOO