Counter Craft

Fiction writing exercises, craft essays, and reading recommendations from Matt Bell, author of APPLESEED and REFUSE TO BE DONE. Publishes monthly.

Writing and reporting on AI, tech, labor and power. Delivered twice a week. For everyone Silicon Valley is happening to.

essays about literature, culture, and so many feelings.

I'm the frontlist buyer for an established midwest indie bookstore.

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These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

One third Books, one third Observations, one third Who Knows.

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine LIttle Star

The Melt is Jason Diamond's look at old, new, and evolving classics.

Reviews, interviews, advice, and essays. No rants. I take my time until I have something worth yours.

Criticism, essays, etc.

Weekly essays on reading the world and reading in the world, plus personalized book recommendations based on the last five books you've read.

Fueling my obsession with NARRATIVE STRUCTURE via essays, artist interviews, and deep dives into the art of storytelling from the perspective of history, philosophy, sociology, psychology, the fine arts, and literature.

Inconstant essays, nostalgia, big feelings, writing thoughts, food, rage.

discovering, reading, and recommending great books - one high-falutin, madcap post at a time.