Substacks recommended by Mary Fifield

Recommended by Mary Fifield

Stephanie's Substack for Daily Poems, Words That Fly

I write unhinged fiction for smiley people who are silently enraged (all of us). My debut novel BE WELL is out in June 2026. This is my newsletter. Come for the thoughts on my writing process, stay for the dumb puns.

Irreverent, insightful, and sending comedy to the front of the line where we need it most these days.

- Mary Fifield

Lucid

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

Talking Climate

By Katharine Hayhoe

Subscribe to Katharine's newsletter for a clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Receive weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ways to join the conversation.

Matriarchal Blessing

By Celeste Davis

Catharsis for your feminist awakening.

Notes from Elizabeth Kaye Cook

By Elizabeth Kaye Cook

writing ephemera

Melanie Jennings

Melanie Jennings lives in Oregon where she is constantly working on a novel. Expect complaints, celebrations, cowboy boots, and other words that begin with C -- get your mind out of the gutter. Or don't.

The Crucial Years

By Bill McKibben

Working on Winning the Climate Fight

True Alchemy

By Rena Willis

A creative writing life newsletter.

The Breaking Open

Recommended by Mary Fifield