strangecomforts’s Substack

Reading in the margins of motherhood. Succinct book reviews for busy parents.

Books, art, music, movies

I review everything that comes out of the sewage pipe of capitalism!

Thinking through poetry

Nerdy literature newsletter. Helping you make the most of your reading.

Books i recommend reading, some films too and thoughtful journal.

Discover unforgettable reads with short samples from our curated library.

Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

essays about literature, culture, and so many feelings.

Poems, features & other treats from The Little Review, the pocket magazine for anyone interested in poetry.

Writing about poetry differently, every week

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

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

Reading, writing, real life. A podcast and magazine about books with Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie.