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144-word essays, book stuff, writing stuff, etc.

Essays, Ideas, "Butterfly Thoughts", Vignettes, Experiments and more by Lyn Slater

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

Drawing explorations, lessons, and weekly art assignments from New York Times-bestselling artist Wendy MacNaughton. Paying subscribers get full access to the DrawTogether Grown-Ups Table creative community and drawing assignments.

Essays about literature, the craft of writing, the body and illness, and other obsessions.

a semi-regular dispatch on the intersections of culture, creativity and wellness by j wortham. you may know me from my podcast 'still processing' or 'black futures' or pieces at The New York Times Magazine. welcome.

Journalist Jae-Ha Kim writes about Korean culture, with a strong emphasis on K-dramas, K-pop and immigrant life. SUBSCRIBE for FREE, won't you?

Life itself as a creative process.

Writing pep talks and segues

Food, books & stories from my Berlin kitchen

Observations on culture, power, storytelling, merit, and - yes, inevitably, the beautiful game. Occasionally featuring The Undiscovered, a series of conversations with people I think are worth listening to about what remains undiscovered and why.

The new home of my advice column 'Designs for Living', essays on things I adore (Drinking Alone, My First Apartment), whims, recommendations, glamour. Author of Happy Hour (2021).

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

A place to explore the way the short story works.

A weird newsletter about all the midlife things: kids, parents, food, sex, holidays, rage, and sweating at night, by the author of Waiting for Birdy and We All Want Impossible Things.

An exploration of all the ghosts that haunt me. I’m working through it as an act of healing.

All memoir, all the time. Welcome to our book club + writing community devoted to memoir. Reading. Writing. Memoiring.

A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week!

A vibrant community focused on cooking, gardening, reading, and general good living from Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and Good Things.

Deconstructing tourism. From Sarah Stodola, author of 'The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach.' #questioneverywhere

Sex, Tech & Culture. By Leo Herrera

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight.

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Exposing far-right extremism and corporate media complicity. News, politics, analysis, interviews by journalist & SiriusXM radio host Michelangelo Signorile.

Observations, essays, and literary ephemera, from a diffusely overeducated book critic, former lit-mag editor, and relentless amateur.

Young thinkers, vital reading | aged 18-23

Proper local journalism about who really runs London - and what's actually going on in the city.

A weeklyish newsletter amplifying trans joy and home to the Being Alive Book Club 📚️🏳️‍⚧️✨. Also frequently mentioned: design, art, parenting, making, and musical theater.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Reporting on the Occupied West Bank that you won't find anywhere else.

letters and essays about fiction, power, beauty and how we live and think, from a novelist, nice things enjoyer, sometimes-organizer. "This newsletter feels like the best of the old internet." - Lit Hub

Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.

Craft essays and criticism on writing, books, and fat liberation from the author of Housemates, Fat Swim, and The Third Rainbow Girl.

A different look at Italian food and travel. Recipes and inspiration delivered every Sunday.

Books, art, music, movies

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

spiritual practices for creative living.

The woman Rolling Stone called “never boring,” Susie comforts the afflicted with legends, politics, intimate bead-reading, and must-read reviews.

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

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.

Speculative fiction and metaphysical comics - urban sketches - short essays - homegrown in Seattle and in your inbox every week or two.

Dispatches from the author of The Idiot

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more.

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

A delightful newsletter featuring things Aminatou Sow is reading, obsessing over and laughing at.

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

Non-fiction horror stories. Politics, history, travel.

let's learn something new! mini lessons are free for everyone; paid subscribers get access to weekly dad lessons from a broad spectrum of cool individuals, plus access to chats with Dad