The Worst in Literature has many possible candidates but a strong contender is surely Mickey Sabbath in Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theatre. Read this month's Substack essay, Beyond the Pale, for free here

Delighted to have a new short story in On Being Ill, a vital and exciting anthology of work about the challenges of physical and mental illness, alongside Woolf's foundational essay & pieces by many other talented writers. Out now from New Menard Press. Order here