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Bruce’s Substack
Bruce’s Substack
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My personal Substack
Out of It
Out of It
By Mary Gaitskill
Notes from outside the consternation machine
Sure This Is It
Sure This Is It
By Claire Hennessy
Irregular musings on creativity, literature, pop culture, modern Ireland, and more.
youngmi’s Substack
youngmi’s Substack
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im writing W R I T Im not writing N G
The Womb House Books Review
The Womb House Books Review
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Book reviews, author interviews, and more from Womb House Books.
New England Literary News
New England Literary News
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Things That Don't Suck
Things That Don't Suck
By Andrea Gibson + Megan Falley
One poet's quest to uncover what shifts when we shift our attention
Lit Mag News
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By Becky Tuch
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The Booker Prizes
The Booker Prizes
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APS Together
APS Together
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Read with APS Together. Discover a different way to book club.
Arthur Goldwag's Substack
Arthur Goldwag's Substack
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My personal Substack
The Honest Broker
The Honest Broker
By Ted Gioia
A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia
The Beyond Place
The Beyond Place
By Jenny Perlin
Devoted to art that won't fit.
Abortion, Every Day
Abortion, Every Day
By Jessica Valenti
All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.
The Women of Ireland Project
The Women of Ireland Project
By Belinda Vigors
A monthly newsletter, written by social researcher and cultural theorist, Dr. Belinda Vigors, exploring the socio-cultural and historical forces that have shaped women of Ireland.

I learn so much from Belinda Vigors and I like her style.

- Linda Norton

bitches gotta eat!
bitches gotta eat!
By samantha irby
judge mathis recaps + milf-on-milf romance
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Letters from an American
By Heather Cox Richardson
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
Lucid
Lucid
By Ruth Ben-Ghiat
A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world
Memoir Nation
Memoir Nation
By Brooke and Grant
Weekly Inspiration for Writers - A weekly writing podcast with cohosts Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
How to Glow in the Dark
How to Glow in the Dark
By Neon Literary
Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.
Finding Lost Voices
Finding Lost Voices
By Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Finding Lost Voices weekly email that brings back the voices of those who have been forgotten or misremembered.

Now more than ever: Make sure the lives of women and girls are not erased from the record.

- Linda Norton

DEPORTNATION
DEPORTNATION
By Matt Cameron
Occasional excerpts from the personal journal of a practicing deportation defense attorney
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Gororivera
words tell a story
Oldster Magazine
Oldster Magazine
By Sari Botton
Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.
The Elif Life
The Elif Life
By Elif Batuman
Dispatches from the author of The Idiot

Maybe my favorite living prose writer (now that Edna O'Brien is gone).

- Linda Norton

Meghan O'Rourke's Substack
Meghan O'Rourke's Substack
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Khadijah Queen
Mom. Writer. Traveler. Spicy brain. Quiet storm. Speaking agent: The Leslie Shipman Agency. Website: www.khadijahqueen.com.
FLORENCE
FLORENCE
By Suzanne
Any topic is possible.
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