Substacks recommended by Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Recommended by Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Aaron’s Substack

By Aaron Lopez Barrantes Substack

My personal collection of illustrations and the stories behind my songs

illustrations & songwriting in the key of human life

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Somewhere's Son

By John Sannaee

poems, reflections, and entanglements.

A Parisian poet, well wise beyond his years

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Beautiful, Daring, Stupid

By Meg Oolders

A mercurial space for fiction (poetry, humor, essays, podcasts) and honesty from award-winning author, bona fide super-romantic, and critically-acclaimed mother of two, Meg Oolders.

flash fiction with pathos. what's more to desire?

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Aussie On the Metro

By John Baxter

A Veteran Australian expat in Paris

The preeminent & prolific writer of Paris.

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

The Metropolitan Review

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

SOUVENIR Magazine

Fiction, essay, critique, art, interview, reportage — A new literary & art magazine from Paris.

An Ominous Mistake

By Yann R.

disreputable poetry & prose from the front lines of dystopia

my favorite poet in Paris. what more to say?

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Part Poet, Part Guide

By Kristin D. Sanders

On being an expat in Paris, dating men around the world, being a freelance writer, and living the digital nomad life — written with a touch of poetry.

A Parisian poet living the way poets are meant to live

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Brendan Graham Dempsey

Spirituality, complexity, metamodernity

At the forefront of metamoderism, a new way of thinking

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Auraist. The best writers on Substack.

By Sean

Trusted by 50K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

A collection of deep thinkers recommending literary gems = what Substack is all about

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Castalia

By Sam Kahn

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

Sam is one of the most consistently wise thinkers on this space

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

The Recovering Academic

By Joshua Doležal

Rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.

Because we all need to recover from academia

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Beyond the Bookshelf

By Matthew Long

After navigating oceans for 24 years in the Navy, I now chart courses through literature and life. Here we explore beyond the bookshelf to discover how the written word shapes who we are and who we're becoming.

organizing an accident

By Ryan Egan

A place to share unreleased songs + dispatches on music life in Paris

songwriting from & for the soul by one of the true poets of Paris

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Baby Blue

By Augusta Sagnelli

Paris based American photographer sharing photo essays, behind the scenes, and original (uncensored) art.

The most unique photographer I know.

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Ciao Down

By Catherine

Food, booze, and fun in France... and wherever else they feed me.

Catherine is the consummate connoisseuse of culinary civilization.

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Eleanor is the real deal, a celebrated writer who's seen traditional publishing & knows indie is the new way.

- Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

if not, Paris

Recommended by Samuél Lopez-Barrantes