Substacks recommended by Vivek Mittal

Recommended by Vivek Mittal

Amitava Kumar’s Substack

Notes and drawings. Dispatches from a writer's life.

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

One of the most recent writers that encouraged me (via their words) to get my work out there, and ASAP!

- Vivek Mittal

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

I love anything helmed by Roxane Gay

- Vivek Mittal

Hostile Homelands: a newsletter about India and Israel

By Azad Essa

How India and Israel are strengthening ties to secure an authoritarian future.

Wandering Ephemera

By Taz

The periodic musings and wonderings of Taz Ahmed as she tries to find her way out of a global pandemic in political turmoil.

I just love Taz's wonderings and wanderings.

- Vivek Mittal

Periphery

By Tiffany Chu

A publication dedicated to fostering greater understanding and appreciation of Asian cultures and experiences among a global readership

come in for tea

By Shivani Kumar

if you're in the area, stop by

Brown History

Uncolonizing the past. Uncolonizing you.

Oh wow, this newsletter is always informative and always about something I didn't know I cared deeply about!

- Vivek Mittal

The Sunday Morning Transport

By Julian Yap

An amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week.

This is an excellent speculative fiction magazine!

- Vivek Mittal

the academic worker

By cfa-la

The California Faculty Association - Los Angeles Chapter's newsletter.

Engage the mess

By Olivia

We are conjuring alternative futures through the continued legacy of the Black radical imagination, futures where Black and brown bodies can be held, hail, messy, and abundant.

Say the Thing by Janine Lim

An unintentional grief journal.

Fallen Muslim

By Shihab S Joi

British Bangladeshi, raised strictly Muslim but now a confirmed heathen, here to share the life lessons learned from losing my religion