Substacks recommended by Angella d'Avignon

Recommended by Angella d'Avignon

Rax’s World

By Rax Will

Wisdom from the life of a 35-year-old transgender model, writer, and father.

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Mess Hall

By Marian Bull

A newsletter from Marian Bull about home cooking: why we do it, how to do it better, and how it interacts with the lives we live. Recipes, cookbook reviews, and recommendations to help make you a happier cook.

Where Do I Live

By Annie Lloyd

Dispatches from the Bay Area.

Princess Babygirl

By •.

a blend of autotheory/autofiction and audiovisual stimuli about being a girl in the 21st century.

SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE

By Meaghan Garvey

a vibes-based newsletter by Meaghan Garvey.

rockfoils

By Anna Katherine Scanlon

Meaningful minutiae from a life in art and politics

No Bad Days

By tasbeeh herwees

A newsletter about Los Angeles and everyone else.

love and a cough

Finding you the best vintage and pre-loved things on the best corner of the internet, eBay.

FOR SCALE

the supreme potential of domestic space 🛋

idiots, continue

By Becca Schuh

occasional commentary about the media and literary worlds

Craft + Context

By Robert Alan Grand

Writings about art + culture in the American South, from Robert Alan Grand.

There is no one quite like Robert Grand! He's been in the trenches of the art world in the big city and has now dedicated his writing practice to uncovering lesser known but no less important artists in the Appalachian region. He's ahead of the curve!

- Angella d'Avignon

News from Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles

Southern California lore and historic preservation

Persona Non Grata

My personal Substack

Read Max

By Max Read

Explaining the weird new future and recommending weird old books

REASONS FOR LIVING with Esmé Weijun Wang

Step into a sanctuary curated by Esmé, featuring guest contributors like R.F. Kuang & Jenny Odell. Each edition presents essays & prompts exploring the beauty/complexity of being alive. Unlock 2 monthly essays & bonus resources with a paid subscription.

unfit to print

Enthusiast. Pragmatic dreamer. Author with stories featured in The White Review & Conjunctions. Artist with a PhD in Sculpture. My favorite thing to write is psychoactive emails to you.

Trissues

By Tricia Gilbride

Celebrity gossip & feelings

online offline

By Cecilia O'Mara

prophetic visions + pictures of fried eggs

Eat Flowers, Drink Paint

By Katy Kelleher

Color stories and more for the lotus-eaters among us

The Life and Errors of Molly Young

Your Brain on Money

By Hanna Horvath

A newsletter that helps you understand why you do what you do with money. I break down the psychology, social forces, and systemic manipulation driving your financial decisions — then give you tools to navigate them.

PILES

By Nicole Lavelle

Small stacks of thoughts and feelings, some tidy, some messy. Art, design, community, place, etc.

Liana Jegers' Newsletter

I am Liana Jegers, an illustrator in Los Angeles, California, USA. This is my newsletter, which includes drawings, sketches, and thoughts from/about my studio.

Rants Rants Revolution

By Kasai Richardson

Writing from a Baltimore native, on culture, race, class, gender, and working to love on ourselves and others while living amidst the collapse. Share and $ubscribe or support with a pledge and drink some water and lift each other up. We all we got.

(¯`*•.¸,¤°´✿.｡.:* 𝐈'м ᶤℕ 𝐥𝐨𝓥ᗴ ŴιＴʰ 𝕄𝕐 𝓹𝓸𝐫т@𝐥 *.:｡.✿`°¤,¸.•*´¯)

By Molly Soda

a girl dancing until the end of time

Slow Players

By Matthew Specktor

Better Late Than Ever

Female Small Business Owner

By grace byron

Occasional musings and writings about art by Grace Byron. Cover Image: Greer Lankton

Empty Los Angeles

Empty Los Angeles aims to shine a light on abated, abandoned, long-empty, or misused buildings. emptylosangeles.com

The K Paoletter

By Kyle Paoletta

Monthly commentary on history, climate change, political tom-foolery, literature, and the media from the author of American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest (out January 14th, 2025 on Pantheon).

Art Forecast

By Tatum Dooley

a newsletter about the art world

The Real Sarah Miller

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

And It Don't Stop

By Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music. Books. Politics. Old Age.

Internet Island

By Dana Bell

using geoguessr and the internet to explore the world from my apartment

JLK UPDATE

By Jamie Lauren Keiles

This newsletter sends very infrequent updates on writing by Jamie Lauren Keiles.

Border Studies - Notes from Samantha Culp

Border Studies is an occasional newsletter from writer/filmmaker Samantha Culp (now including: updates on the book I am writing about the history and present-day landscape of "futures thinking" in its many forms)

Variable West

New voices on West Coast art

Do you love West Coast art? Variable West is for you!

- Angella d'Avignon

Take Surface Streets

By Alan Hanson

Looking around Los Angeles: Historical and modern context for special little places across our sprawling city; trivia and gossip, love letters to stretches of streets.

can sell culture

By Hannah Black

some new writing, some old writing you haven't read