Substacks recommended by Elizabeth Grey Writes

Recommended by Elizabeth Grey Writes

THERE IS NO BOTTOM

By Paul Slansky

We’re looking up at the Mariana Trench and we’re still plunging.

Beth Macy

The Tonic

By Amy

A refreshing concoction of wellness resources and stories for those interested in COVID, long COVID, ME/CFS, and other health conditions…served straight up, with a dash of humor.

The Streetlight

By Hussein

Essays on politics, culture, and history in an age of AI-driven systems of control, for founders, misfits, and builders seeking clarity, courage, and agency.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Journal of the Plague Years

By Susan Zakin

Literary, journalistic, irreverent yet oddly serious, Journal of the Plague Years gets the story behind the story.

Puma Perl

Writer, poet, performer, songwriter.

I derive such pleasure from Puma’s work and am delighted she’s on Substack.

- Elizabeth Grey Writes

The Shift With Sam Baker

By sam baker

Women don't vanish after 40. Who knew?! Amplifying and celebrating the voices of women in midlife and beyond by the former editor of Red, Cosmopolitan (and Just 17!)

One of the most generous and honest writers on Substack.

- Elizabeth Grey Writes

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

My Wonder Ride

stories from an unusual life

DDIntel

By Justin Chan

empowerment through data, knowledge, and expertise.