The Substack Novel - An Interview With John Pistelli

PILCROW: John Pistelli is the author of the novel Major Arcana, which was first self-published here on Substack in serial form, before being discovered by Anne Trubek of Belt Publishing, where it was finally manifested on the physical plane this spring. John and his novel were also mentioned in The New Yorker's May 2025 piece: “Is the Next Great American Novel Being Published on Substack?