Substacks recommended by Blake Nelson | TRAVELS TO DISTANT CITIES

Recommended by Blake Nelson

Chris Arnade Walks the World

Dispatches and photos from walks around the world

Many Such Cases

By Magdalene J. Taylor

A dissection of sexuality and culture in the absence of much of either.

Salieri Redemption

By Chris Jesu Lee

Cultural and literary essays. Flavour profile: hints of bitterness, notes of saltiness.

Great commentary on the contemporary Lit scene!

- Blake Nelson

Stiff Upper Quip

By James Harris

Writing about politics and culture

Woman of Letters

By Naomi Kanakia

I write about the Great Books, classic literature, and the contemporary publishing world.

One of the most intelligent and honest commentators on the literary scene!

- Blake Nelson

father_karine

somewhat reformed ex-party girl living in NYC. irreverent tales from my salad days, horror & cult film reviews, and random shitposts mainly

DECENTRALIZED FICTION

By ARX-Han

The future of fiction is decentralized, pseudonymous, and riding the current of the /newwave/.

Provocative takes on the future of literature.

- Blake Nelson

Hot and Disabled

By Sarah Sunfire

Bodies We're In, Bodies We Watch, and the Shit People Say to Me on the Street

Dispatches From the Fringe

By Seth Lorinczi

Untold stories about the unheard music: Punk, hardcore, ’60s rock, psychedelia and beyond. Words in The Guardian, Narratively, Maggot Brain and elsewhere.

exclusive exclusive

By evanie laurent

asceticism

Always interesting stuff from Evanie!

- Blake Nelson

Wunderkammer

By Autumn Widdoes

Finding a sense of wonder again through writing, art, literature, movies, theater and other curiosities.

Humorous travelogues

Adventures and Mis-Adventures in Peru from Epic Conzo!

- Blake Nelson

Permanent Collections

By Thomas Brown

essays about the permanent collections of museums

Crumpstack

By Mike Crumplar

A literary newsletter by Mike Crumplar

Lit Mag News

By Becky Tuch

Latest News in Lit Mag Publishing

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

I write about almost everything, from personal essay and memoir to fiction to travel essays to politics to book reviews to thoughts on literature to novels and stories and much more.

i hate these people

By daisy cashin

Figuring out the universe through some good old loathing and resentment. These are ill-tempered and ill-remembered love bits from the Shitstorm.

Very funny dispatches from "Daisy"

- Blake Nelson

How To Subvert Subversion with Yuri Bezmenov

By Yuri Bezmenov // Subversion Substack

Can you reason with a demoralized person?

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Sherman Alexie is a national treasure.

- Blake Nelson

nevermind

By Andrew Potter

The forgotten history of Generation X

Political Currents by Ross Barkan

This is Ross Barkan's newsletter - original essays on politics, society, and culture

Rambo Van Halen by Rambo Van Halen

The Signs and Wonders of Rambo Van Halen

Pieces Of Poetry

By Stanley Wotring

Random Musings Of A Pent-Up Poet

Cosmographia

By M. E. Rothwell

Histories of the earth and the stars.

The Floating Armoire

By Thomas Beller

Comments on life, literature, parties, and basketball.

Great stuff from the man who brought you Open City and Mr. Beller's Neighborhood.

- Blake Nelson

The Metropolitan Review

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

The World of Tosh Berman

Pop Culture, Fiction, Music, Art, and Journal

Numb at the Lodge

By Sam Kriss

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

British writer. Always entertaining and smart stuff.

- Blake Nelson

August's Newsletter

By August Lamm

Peewee Hermeneutics

This is where I speak about all the vexations our era provides, and make no mistake, the infinity of vexations is its own vexation. I tell tales. I speak truth. I do Cannabis Sales. There is no substitute.