Substacks recommended by PartTimeLady’s Substack

Recommended by PartTimeLady’s Substack

Helen DeWitt

writer

The Querent

By Alexander Chee

The person asking a question at the beginning of a Tarot card reading. Or, a newsletter project by Alexander Chee.

Alexander Chee is one of my favorite teachers and writers. Kind, brilliant, real.

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sweater weather

By Brandon

essays about literature, culture, and so many feelings.

...see the essay on Edith Wharton! Then stay for the humor and connections to culture and texts.

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Closely Reading

By haley

essays & musings about literature, film, and art from a literature phd, plus a book club for close readers

I love annotating. Can't live without it.

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Alex Dimitrov

aesthetics over everything

Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society

By Ann Kennedy Smith

Exploring books, literary lives and Cambridge women’s history

This is a fascinating lens to look through; I always learn something.

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personal canon

By Celine Nguyen

finding meaning in life through literature, art, design, and culture ✦✧ through weekly posts and enthusiastic conversations

Major find! So excited to absorb and mull over these ideas <3

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The Real Sarah Miller

A newsletter for people who like the work of (the real) Sarah Miller.

She wrote The Bridge Dog essay in the New Yorker which is one of my favorite essays of. all. time.

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The Molehill

By Viv

armchair fashion sociologist in 90s prada

I read The Molehill because I want to know what's cool.

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That Hurts My Feelings

By Hallie Haglund

In this newsletter, I take something personally, publicly.

Hallie makes me laugh and have feelings.

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Sundman figures it out!

By john sundman

An episodic autobiographical meditation. Stories from farms, cities, African villages, Martha's Vineyard, Silicon Valley, molecular biology labs, truck stops, firehouses, construction sites, hacker meets — trying to figure out what it's all about.

I read this substack for a thoughtful and often tender look at life in all its complexities.

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Bookish

By Christine Sneed

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.

Bookish has pointed me in new directions for some of my writing projects - check it out!

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Notebook

By B.D. McClay

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

SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE

By Meaghan Garvey

a vibes-based newsletter by Meaghan Garvey.

Tracks on Tracks

By Peter C. Baker

Essays where one writer explores one song and its place in their life. Plus occasional bonus stuff. Plus the ongoing 'Weezer Files.' Made by Peter C. Baker and friends.

Guest post coming soon!

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Callida Iunctura

By Christopher Childers

Weekly translations of ancient poets and others. Occasional literary maunderings and willful acts of rhyme.

nothing like a translation stopping your heart for a second in the the middle of modern times

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The Chatner

By Daniel Lavery

A newsletter about rejiggered classics, transmasculine underpinnings of the plucky heroine, and the failure-limits of graciousness, from table manners to family estrangement.

Nina News

By Nina Sharma

Letters from Nina Sharma, debut author of "The Way You Make Me Feel: Love In Black And Brown" from Penguin Press (May 2024)

Nina is hilarious. Maybe you've seen her improv, maybe you've read her Shouts, maybe you've been lucky enough to interact with her in person. Now go buy her book!

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