I LOVE serious pop. science. Especially ev. bio, origin of life, physics, astrobiology, zoology. #MSWL

The intersection of big-time college football, southern identity, and the American id: any culture critics writing something similar? #mswl

This is specific/obscure, but if you have a proposal for a cultural history of Canadian pond hockey, please query me #mswl

So, here's the thing, even though I do want sports queries: I hate baseball, guys. I just do. It's not your book, it's me.*

*It's baseball

Is "evolutionary biologist twitter" a thing? I'd love to see proposals for general-interest books from scientists up to cool stuff... #mswl

SEC football. US politics. National identity. You a culture critic/contemporary essayist who sees the links? Please, please query me. #mswl

@erikhane If it's plot/character-driven and also touches on a modern issue as a result? That's a different story (pun intended) #mswl

I'm not into Issue Novels. If your query "shows the corruption of..." or is a vehicle to opine on a political point, it's not for me. #mswl

Also: I want tigers in NYC apts. I want savants. A MC undefeated at Chinese checkers. I want a MC who thinks (s)he's John the Baptist. #mswl

@erikhane What I'm wishing for is what a writer convinces me I should want. I want what your writing tells me I urgently need to read. #mswl

@erikhane But it's always what I'm unfamiliar with, or something old that gets presented in a new way, that ends up sticking with me. #mswl

@erikhane Sure, there are "things" I like in books. Religion. Biology. Chess. Dinner table scenes. Well-rendered historical settings. #mswl

@erikhane I think of the abstract things: Tension. Empathy. Pace. The times I stopped to take a lap around my apartment while reading. #mswl

So, I've been thinking about my #mswl and it's been tricky to put a finger on what I'm "wishing for," in terms of concrete traits.

Dream queries: Marilynne Robinson on tennis. Klosterman on SEC football. A debut novel from someone obsessed with Chabon and Karen Russell.