Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

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My personal Substack

I'm writing funny stuff again, because there are a limited number of things I'm good at and this is one of them. The others are eating junk food and having sex, but I'm not sure I can monetise the first and I'd probably better not monetise the second.

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

Remy Bazerque's Dramatic Irony

Insights, musings, and dad-related exhaustion from an award-winning filmmaker & creative lead, currently avoiding work on a cinematic scifi novel.

Marc’s Substack

By Marc Randolph

My usual topics include: entrepreneurship, work-life balance; kids; strange observations; Netflix stories, and whatever stupid things happen to pop into my head.

The Eternally Radical Idea

By Greg Lukianoff

A blog about freedom of speech and both the coddling & canceling of the American mind.

Wildhood Wanted

By Kristi

Your weekly kick in the pants to help fuel your inner Wildhood and make moves you never thought you'd be comfortable with.

English Republic of Letters

By Jeffrey Streeter

Had the experience but missed the meaning? A recovering Cultural Bureaucrat seeks to join up the dots between an international life, literature and other stuff.

Inside an Editor's Brain

By Kristen Weber

Advice on writing and getting published from Kristen Weber, a freelance book editor and publishing industry expert.

As I Was Saying with Poorna Bell

Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.

Ravens and Writing Desks

By Kieran Leigh

A newsletter for deep dives into literature, film, and other media, plus original creative writing content from my desk to yours.

Words on the Water

One chaotic family, two mental pets - let's move onto a narrowboat and set sail. Come aboard for a new adventure while I write on our narrowboat home, exploring the ebb and flow of life on the rivers and canals of the UK. There will be boat puns.

Birdwings and Brushstrokes

By Katrina Haney

This newsletter brings together two of my favorite things—Birds and Vintage Art, both of which have many stunningly beautiful offerings to appreciate.

Jo’s Substack

By Jo Mortimer

My personal Substack

A Life of Less by Claudia Wilde

By Claudia Wilde

Essays on a life of less distractions on our path to a more intentional way of living, transforming the way we mother and meet the world. Bi-weekly explorations of humanness, motherhood, creativity, self healing, aware parenting and slow living.

Tumultuous True Stories

By Lindsay Byron

Diaries, love letters, and confessions from the late 90s through the early 2000s, by a young woman carving art out of pain.

The One Alternative View

In less than 45 seconds, get curated, timeless links every weekend to edge you towards extreme value.

The Books That Made Us

By M. E. Rothwell

Discover the books that shaped your favourite writers.

Memories of a Post Grunge Drifter.

By Obsidian Blackbird.

The Life and Times of the Wandering Wastrel and other Stories.

Streetwalking with Howard Jacobson

I have written over twenty books, including seventeen novels, and won the Booker Prize for fiction. Words are my faith, novels my passion, great novelists my paragons of truth. You might think I should get out more. You are right.

Sacred Tension

By Stephen Bradford Long

The truth shall make you odd.

The Elif Life

By Elif Batuman

Biweekly dispatches from the author of The Idiot

Shalom Auslander's Fetal Position

"Just to spite the world, don’t cry! Just to spite the world, only laugh, only laugh!" - Sholom Aleichem. Amen, Brother.

Death & Birds

By Chloe Hope

They're both coming for you! (Just kidding, birds aren't coming for you)

Create Me Free

By Kathryn Vercillo

Writing about the complex relationship between art and mental health, not just art as therapy, but also the myriad ways mental health symptoms impact artistic process, content, medium, and productivity.

Wild Cozy Free

By Alexa Juanita Jordan

A step towards more embodiment. An exploration of the self that exists underneath all my roles, outside all the busyness. From navigating life as a highly sensitive artist, to wrestling with perfectionism, depression, anxiety, and more.

Thoughts and Quills

By Trevor Louis

Short stories, occasional poetry, book reviews, as well as thoughts and reflections.

The Shift With Sam Baker

By sam baker

Women don't vanish after 40. Who knew?! Amplifying and celebrating the voices of women in midlife and beyond by the former editor of Red, Cosmopolitan (and Just 17!)

Just Write, Right

By Feasts and Fables

A public provocation to compel me to write more

Find Meaning in Adversity

By Joaquin Roibal

I share my story through writing to help my readers gain resiliency to overcome any challenge and find meaning in adversity.

Very honest and accessible writing.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Plot Twist

By Jamie Varon

Writing, books, pop culture & refreshingly candid reflections that'll have you thinking about life differently from bestselling author Jamie Varon

Circle of Chairs

By Caroline Beidler

Exploring grace, vulnerability, trauma and addiction recovery. In other words, bringing back Ragamuffin.

The Unexpected Shape with Esmé Weijun Wang

By Esmé Weijun Wang : The Unexpected Shape

A newsletter & community for ambitious writers living with limitations, hosted by award-winning, NYT-bestselling author of The Collected Schizophrenias, Esmé Weijun Wang.

StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz

By Junot Díaz

“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

Mechanical Pulp

By Lisa Kuznak

Fiction, poetry, thoughts. Posts when the dopamine hits. Your mileage may vary, or your money back.

The Middle Finger Project with Ash Ambirge

By Yo It's Ash!

An independent newsletter featuring unpopular ideas on how to live a happier life. ⚡️ Raising hell & writing about living abroad, being unmarried, running a creative business, choosing no children, and making "selfish" decisions that feel EFFERVESCENT.

Inspired as F**k

By Johnny B. Truant

Creative advice from a bestselling author and his unicorn

Read his stuff. Do it.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Garbage Notes

By Franco Amati

from the writer who brought you Scuzzbucket—the original home for dirty realism, grunge lit, creative confessions, speculative fiction, and assorted literary atrocities—comes an even deeper level of personal poetics ... this is ... Garbage Notes

Target Practice

By Your Average Engineer

Comedic rants, bits, and premises about the crazy world we live in. Written from the perspective of an over analytical engineer in his twenties.

Wordness

By Heidi Pitlor

Life, creating, being a writer, and publishing--from the longtime series editor of The Best American Short Stories.

Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

The best Substack in the Anglosphere by top British journalist, David Aaronovitch

K’s Substack

By AlcoHole

My personal Substack

Sketch. Explore. Create!

By Nino van Vuuren

Thoughts, ideas and a peek into my creative practice, with the aim to inspire and encourage you in your own creative journey.

Lonely Robot Theme

A cultural exploration of loneliness.

Open Secrets

Open Secrets is an online magazine for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we're taught to keep "secret." Contact Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel at opensecretsmag at gmail.com

Tales from the Defrag

By Alexander Ipfelkofer

Weekly speculative fiction, short stories, flash fiction and a newsletter about my journey to the next chapter, writing my dystopian novel Spherean.

My personal Substack

Hollywood Career Coach Krista Parkinson sharing her no-BS career & life advice from her unique experience as an Ex-WME agent, former Mormon and LA Woman with another, sometimes contrarian, point of view

Good Humor

From the famous quote, “Arise good humor. Thou hast given me a joust of moral flavor.” Sir Wellington of Argyle, the discoverer of a heavy beef dish and a sock for golfers.

Timeless - With Felix Purat

Seeking the eternal in literature and cultural philosophy.

Haver & Sparrow

By Charlene Storey

Weekly letters about slow, creative living from my island home in Shetland. Sharing everyday magic and memories, photographing the little moments & forever chasing the light.

the writing grove

By Lloyd

Supportive, open & fun writing workshops–plus, posts on genre and the people and places of Southern Italy and the Netherlands

Narratively

Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity.

David Whyte

Poems, essays and commentaries as well as insights from my Three Sundays Series.

Substack Writers at Work

By Sarah Fay

The insider’s guide to success on Substack from an expert who knows—get subscribers, earn an income, produce your best work, and build the career you want. ✨ One of the Top 25 Literature Substacks.

All About Prolife

By Rabeea Adeel

Hi there! I'm Rabeea Adeel, and I'm excited to be sharing my thoughts and insights with you on this Substack platform. My goal is to provide valuable and informative content that will inspire and educate my readers.

10 DOLLARS

By Ted Levi Toldman

What happens if you invest $10 daily? Every day I invest $10 in stocks and cryptocurrencies to show you how fast you can earn $1 million by investing.

Why Aren't I Writing?

By Suw Charman-Anderson

Lots of us want to write, whether it's a screenplay, novel, PhD thesis, memoir or anything else. But writing is easier said than done. So, if you're stuck, let me help you get past your writing blocks.

Five Good Things

By Lex Hearth

Every Friday I (DJ & Producer Lex Hearth) share five quality pieces of culture or creative I'm enjoying, including good music, good books, good words, good news, good content, good businesses and more good stuff 🌻

when hope writes

By Nadia Gerassimenko

I write about a smorgasbord of subjects, always with a dash of hope. if you love reading about humanity, literature, writing, cinema, video games, and other related and unrelated stuff, let's connect.

Very authentic and honest writing. In-depth analysis. Strong prose. Passionate.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Eleanor’s Substack

By Eleanor Anstruther

Short Stories, 65 Postcards, The Recovery Diaries, In Judgement Of Others

BordoLines

By Susan Bordo

I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass media—what moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries me—from movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads.

Excellent writing.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

ReidItWrite

By Johnathan Reid

Writing prose and poetry as both speculation on near-future society and commentary on my author journey.

Dharmaholic

By Mike Mather

Buddhism, Alcoholism, and Growing up

Sue Reed Writes

Come for a wander with me down the lane, and I'll share my thoughts, tell you how it's going, and we can celebrate the good stuff.

Beneath the Pavement

By Antonio Melonio

In a dying world, radicalization becomes a moral obligation. Join the war on authority and late-stage capitalism. Weekly essays, revolutionary content, fiction, and more.

SLAKE

By Nathan Slake

Slaking your fictional thirst, weekly.

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

Opening the imagination, healing the heart

The Bright Life

By Donna McArthur

Exploring the realm of middle age from the lens of growth, spirituality & well-being.

Scott Weinzirl's Substack

Musings and short stories about writing, culture, and life in general. Fantasy, sci-fi, politics and music. What could go wrong?

Nikki's Current Work (Life) in Progress

By Nikki Tate

Follow along as I write a graphic novel memoir (featuring my artist father, E. Colin Williams), learn to draw, and explore the relationship between art, travel, life, love, loss... and, well, everything. Because art is everywhere.

Memoirs of a Lighthouse Person

By Marisa La Fata

From Sunkentown to Spirit Realms: The non-fiction musings of a recovering alcoholic on the Shamanic Path

Coleman’s Corner

By Coleman Hughes

Searching for truth in an uncertain world

Stories for a New Florence

By Mike Goodenow Weber

A deep dive into personal, cultural, and social excellence - from exemplary figures in history and from fields of human thought and activity in our time.

Next Write Thing

By Mel Barrozo

Meat & Potatoes of a Narrative Life (with a side of thought-provoking fiction)

10 Books About

By Jaymi the OC BookGirl

A weekly newsletter with 10 Books About… a different subject or theme.

Caravanserai

By Joumana Medlej

An artist lighting her way through dark times by relearning forgotten art practices and natural ways.

After Babel

By Jon Haidt

Using moral psychology to explain why so much is going wrong

Dwell by Andrew Boryga

Reflections on writing, creativity, and the insights I’m learning on my journey toward the publication of my debut novel in March of 2024.

The Ghost

By Jeff Goins

On writing and life. Long-form musings on the nature of creativity and the essence of everything. Some poems, too.

The Accidental Career Girl

By Ilene

Humorous personal essays by a woman who learned to pivot long before COVID-19 sent the world spinning.

g l i m m e r s

By Kerri ní Dochartaigh

A meditation on why we need creativity, inspiration, & beauty; now more than ever. Trying to honour those bright, fleeting moments that weave themselves into our days. Feeling my way towards tenderness through beauty. On one-another-ness; tenderness &

The Unhurried Reader

Considered posts about books read with care.

The Culture We Deserve

By Jessa Crispin

The Culture We Deserve

In the Writing Burrow

By Margaret Atwood

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

Walking with the Serpent

By Dennis Notten

A Tale of Awakening and Ayahuasca Deep in the Amazon

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

By The Shit About Writing Team

A weekly newsletter chock-full of guidance and support from publishing industry insiders. Expect author interviews, guest blogs, giveaways, and more! Sign up and immediately receive an exclusive webinar from literary agent Carly Watters

Don’t Look Down

By Corey S.

poetry, essays, digressions, and stories

A Curious Miscellany

By Keith Kahn-Harris

For those who find everything interesting, but wonder how it all fits together.

The Word Cave

By Lilly Dancyger

Short essays and missives about writing, reading, and art from Lilly Dancyger, author of First Love and Negative Space

Old Man Still Howling at the Moon

By Peter Johnson

A mix of genres highlighting the seriocomic musings of a Grumpy Old Everyman.

What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone

Asking and attempting to answer various flavours of this question as I rattle roughshod over the peaks and troughs of post-analysis, perimenopausal midlife from home in Glasgow, Scotland

Encourage Meant

By 'Encourage Meant'

A regular burst of positivity inspired by The Encouragement Manifesto

In the Flash

By Dina Litovsky

Adventures in the unseen world of photography.

Poetry Today

By Maya C. Popa

deepening your practice of poetry, writing, and wonder

Photos, mostly

By Neil Milton

Thoughts on the philosophy and practice of street photography. Also some photographs, the latest photography news, and advice to improve your photography out there on the street.

Creative Confidence Clinic

By Daisy Buchanan

A community for writers at every stage of their journey

The Incompatibility of Being Alive

I write honestly about my day to day life. I left the Bay Area in 2019 for New York City. A year later the pandemic hit. I was living in East Harlem. I wrote a memoir about that. Then my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He died. Such is life.

Amazons of Paris

By Susanna Forrest

Viral photographs of an enigmatic Belle Epoque horsewoman set me hunting through archives and circuses from St Petersburg to Paris to uncover the lives of women who were artistes, survivors, and scapegoats of the nineteenth century.

Kat River

Substack bestseller, writer, mother, & creative. Kat River is a thriving symposium for the Mothers, The Makers and the Mystics. Designed to be an honest exploration of the dance between Motherhood, Creativity, and self inquiry into optimism. Come play

At The Dogpark: A Midwest Journal

By D'Arcy Fallon

Humanity vs. ideology: Trying to find a sweet spot in a polarized America

Halcyon Horror

By Leigh Parrish

Thoughtful horror short stories that are often set in the past. No paywall currently.

A Thousand Fragments

By Matt Inwood

A Thousand Fragments is a monthly newsletter which brings together thoughts on a wide variety of the cultural and culinary things which I love.

Seeing Upside Down

By Jeannie Lynn 🧚🏼

Observing life through the lenses of inversions, paradoxes, and metaphors.

Jeannie is excellent: Deep, honest, raw, insightful. She holds nothing back. Highly recommend!

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Visible from Space

By David Field

A place to view trauma from a distance. I'm a somatic therapist offering subtle instruction on vulnerability, embodiment and recovery from injury, loss, failure and success

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

By Donald J. Robertson

Email newsletter and podcast from Donald J. Robertson, cognitive-behavioural therapist, and author of Stoicism books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. Sign up to learn how ancient philosophy and modern psychology can be used in self-help.

The Tribe

By Finlay Beach

Author, Finlay Beach shares one chapter each week. The near-future is like today—only more thrilling!

TRBM

By Jody J. Sperling

Connecting readers and writers.

Adam Nathan

Feel something. Twice a week.

Scattered Decades

By Carol Angel

Family life with a schizophrenic mother.

Before I Forget . . !

By James Ron

My stories. Some I make up.

DOUBLE TAKE

By Colleen Crivello

Navigating modern love

Do the Work

By Julie Falatko

How to get writing done when the distractions of modern life are coming at you fast.

The Meg Life

By Maghan

A newsletter highlighting the inner workings of the mind of writer Maghan Hunt.

Resurface

By Tamzin

A newsletter about throwing out the conditioning that's draining and blocking your energy, to help you go beyond all expectations. Featuring real-life stories of bravery and resilience.

The Booker Prizes

Would you like to get newsletters worth reading about books worth reading? Long reads, original video, exclusive interviews and much more from the world's greatest writers of fiction.

Stock Fiction

By Meg Oolders

Experimental fiction* inspired by stock photography. *See also: Poetry. Essays. Humor. Multimedia.

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

Azure Epoch Publishing

By T.D. McIntosh

Join us on a journey through the world of Azure Epoch, where adventure awaits at every turn. Our substack is the ultimate destination for fans of this sci-fi & fantasy series.

Numb at the Lodge

By Sam Kriss

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

Get Real, Man

By Latham

A newsletter about growing up, instead of growing old

Solid writing from a man genuinely trying to grasp what it means to be male in contemporary times.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Life Litter

By Jill

This newsletter is about the things we leave behind — and how they connect.

Orwell Daily

By George Orwell

George Orwell, serialised

Unqualified by Emily McDowell

Cautionary tales, unsolicited advice, and loving rants from an artist and recovering company founder.

The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

Helping writers and creators share their work and connect with readers in meaningful ways. Digging deep into marketing, book launches, and platform development. Get my weekly newsletter every Friday.

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Bill Bradbury's fiction

Novels and short stories by Bill Bradbury.

Cosmographia

By M. E. Rothwell

Journey to the faraway.

Polymathic Being

By Michael

Counterintuitive insights from technology, innovation, philosophy, psychology, and more.

The Gallery Companion

By Dr Victoria Powell

Art without the confusing art speak. Stories about all the stuff that artists explore and question: what’s going on, how we think and behave, how the past impacts on the present, and the role of art in our world.

Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture

By Robert Leonard

The politics and culture of Iowa, the midwest, and beyond.

Homo Imaginari

By James F. Richardson

popular social science thinking for curious folks.

Tales of a Wayward Yogini

By Sue Ferrera

Weaving inspirational stories of hope and healing into worthy personal essays. Join me as we explore the transformative power of words and human resilience.

Mary Tabor "Only connect ..."

By <Mary L. Tabor>

The arts, books, movies, all things literary--and a course: Write it! How to get started and (Re)Making Love: a memoir

Excellent Substack. Whether it's memoir, fiction, literature or cultural issues, Mary won't disappoint. Read her stuff!!

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Simple Stories

By Heather Holland

A weekly publication of my original poems, songs, short stories, first chapters, and other ramblings for your enjoyment.

Poetry Unbound

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

Open your world with poetry

Italicus: a writer's life in Italy

By Cheryl A. Ossola

On life in an Italian hill town, language, travel, writing, and books

Scribbler

By Ben Woestenburg

I write long stories that touch the heart and sometimes make it sing; tragic love stories that make you laugh as much as they make you cry, and all Free...for now

Garrett Francis

The complete catalog of an emerging voice in contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction and film (142,934 words published here, and counting).

Sey Everything

By Jennifer Sey

A newsletter about woke capitalism and standing up to group-think.

The Editorial Section

By W. V. Buluma

Literature, film, culture, and their intersections. Meandering towards meaning

Unprofessoring

By Liz Haswell

Stories, community, and support for anyone seeking to consciously uncouple from the ivory tower

The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum

Home of The Unspeakable Podcast. Plus new writing from Meghan Daum!

Meghan Daum is incredible. Honest, whip-smart, open-minded, skeptical; a true critical thinker.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

The Orwell Foundation

News and insights from the Orwell Foundation

Castalia

By Sam Kahn

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

School of the Unconformed

By Ruth Gaskovski

Family, education, and navigating daily life in the Machine Age. Practical guidance and encouragement for staying grounded in reality. Sowing seeds of truth, beauty, goodness. Swiss polyglot, homeschooler, lover of classic books.

Soaring Twenties

By Thomas J Bevan

A collective of essayists, storytellers, poets, photographers, painters, filmmakers all creating and collaborating to make the internet human again.

Notes from the Middleground

By Damon Linker

Analysis and criticism of the antiliberal right, social-justice progressivism, and cultural topics

The Matterhorn: truth in fiction

By Dr. Kathleen Waller

how to layer stories with ideas, culture, places, and texts ⬩podcast and original fiction from author and academic Dr. Kathleen Waller

Consciousness ∞ The Doorway to Human Evolution

By Scott Britton

Exploring the process of expanding consciousness and human evolution while living a modern western life

Scott's newsletter is inspiring, intelligent and open-minded.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

Two journalistas on media, celebrity, and what’s burning through the culture right now. Flirtatious banter for serious times.

Lit Picks

By Sarah Foulc

Mining Literature for wisdom and beauty, in essays. Kind of like bite-sized bibliotherapy (without self-help propaganda) in your inbox, with the main benefit of finding great book recommendations, fiction & non-fiction.

Speaking the Ineffable

By Shannon Thrace

A trans widow contemplates radical honesty, the crisis of modernity, and finding the sacred in the mundane.

Mark Diacono's Imperfect Umbrella

Food, from plot to plate: writing a book here live, by multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

A micro-podcast about the people, events and oddities of western civilization.

Footnotes and Tangents

By Simon Haisell

A community for curious and creative readers. Slow book groups reading Leo Tolstoy and Hilary Mantel. Fiction by Simon Haisell.

Dispatches from Inner Space

By J.E. Petersen

Where fiction and philosophy like to hang out and talk about maybe starting a band.

The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.

The Pulp Fictioneer

By Frank Theodat

Discovering the pulp writers of the 20s, 30s, and 40s era, sharing their wisdom on storytelling craft, and applying their instruction to my own fiction in real-time. Join me on my path to becoming a pulp writer.

Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan

Small-batch, hand-crafted, artisanal. From bestselling author and OG podcaster Chris Ryan.

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

Dear Rest Of America

I saw something you should know about: American politics, faith and culture through a conservative disposition.

Of a Sober Mind

By Dee Rambeau

Wisdom and humor from a grown-ass man living in recovery.

Solid writing. Honest.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Of Boys and Men

By Richard V Reeves

rising to the challenges faced by the modern male

Becoming an Author ✍ By Hayley J. Dunlop

Thoughts on writing, weirdness and the wobbly road to publication from a conscientious creator who happens to have kids.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

The Hyphen is an independent newsletter for curious readers from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

SES/SUMS IT UP with Kevin Sessums

By Kevin Sessums

Conversation/Culture/Current Affairs

Catalectic

By Alicia Kenworthy

A newsletter for people who read fiction -- or at least, like the idea of themselves reading fiction.

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

By Terry Freedman

Reflections on literature * Musings on everyday life * Book reviews * Experiments in creative nonfiction writing

News Detectives

By Matthieu Lumière

Alt-News Curation & Citizen Journalism - our agenda is to find the truth and spread it.

Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

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

The Recovering Academic

By Joshua Doležal

Thought pieces on higher ed and interviews with academics pivoting to industry.

Very in-depth and informative.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Poor Man's Feast

By Elissa Altman

The James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, nature, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).

if not, Paris

By Samuel Lopez-Barrantes

a novelist writing tall-tales, essays & music from Paris

literature & culture

A newsletter for people with boring lives and active imaginations. Exploring banned books, dark fiction, and sharing original short stories.

Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr

By Farrah @Substack

The secret thoughts, conversations and lives that women keep...by the ex-editor of ELLE and Cosmopolitan. (Plus, access to my invite-only writing group)

The Prism

By Gurwinder

A guide to navigating the Digital Age

gotham girl

By Alisa Kennedy Jones

gotham girl is a reader-supported newsletter for inquisitive readers from bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. "One of America’s funniest, most singular voices on Substack" — The New York Times

Lean Out with Tara Henley

A current affairs newsletter, focusing on heterodox writers and thinkers from around the world.

Self-Styled Siren

The musings of an old-movie lover

Methods and Madness

By Meredith Lewis

Notes about creativity.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

Tips and techniques for fiction writers. Occasional new fiction for readers.

MILLER’S BOOK REVIEW 📚

By Miller’s Book Review 📚

Remarkable Reading on the Regular

Shut Your Dirty Mouth

By Vickee Boyd

True stories, mostly true stories, untrue stories, art stories, essays, reviews, poesy, photography, food sh*t, utter nonsense. All unfiltered & generously sprinkled with a healthy dose of profanity that can't be published elsewhere.

From Brain to Mind

By Marc Arginteanu

A neurosurgeon's take on stuff... grow a bit smarter every day

Sophia

Head of Writer Relations @Substack

Coffee Times

By Winston

Coffee Times is about writing, self-development and self-discovery. Start investing in yourself and associate with the right vibes to make the most out of your everyday life.

Marinarena Travel & Poetic Deep Dive

Musings, Observations and Journeys by Marinarena, fellow wanderer and wonderer. File under: blogs, commentaries, listicles, poetry, prose, travel

Ponytail Press

By Andrew Paul Koole

taking art & culture a little too seriously

One Word

By Taegan MacLean

Every word is a universe. Let's explore them together.

CAFÉ ANNE

By Anne Kadet

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

Amy Loftus Projects

Essays, observations, ideas, and supportive podcasts. Please join us!

Interesting Times

By Eleanor Barron

A collection of the most interesting bits of the internet: the high and low, old and new - Journalism, Books, Art and Podcasts - brought to you on the last Friday of every month.

Red Dirt Rambler

By Holly Robinson

Never let the chores list win! Whether you want to hike, write, paint, or read, give yourself time to do it. Nobody else will.

Big Bearded Bookseller

By Indie Bookshops and Publishers

A fortnightly newsletter talking about what I've been doing in the past two weeks with lists to various events, new bookshops and publishers, open submissions, and more

The Compleat Nick Gillespie

An archive of Nick Gillespie's writings, podcasts, videos, and other work.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Diane Discovers

By Diane Hatz

Writing, marketing and publishing from an indie author - as well as updates on my writing and thoughts on life. Free and optional paid.

Stiff Upper Quip

By James Harris

Writing about politics and culture

Fog Chaser

By Matt

A new original instrumental song every month from a Pacific Northwest-based musician and composer, along with visuals, poetry, and more.

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism

By FAIR Substack

Promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity.

Storyletter XPress Publishing

By Winston Malone

Join our indie community, where you can get published, grow your audience, and read incredible stories all at the same time.

Journal of Free Black Thought

Black viewpoint diversity

Rarely Certain

By The Rarely Certain newsletter

Experiments in post-partisan thought. We're all a bit right and also wrong, most of the time. How much of which - and how we end up there - seems worth exploring. Some posts about subjective wellbeing from a personal perspective (no self-help shit).

Slack Tide by Matt Labash

By Matt Labash

Taking life as it comes, not necessarily in that order

Cole's Climb

By Cole Noble

This publication for adventurers features stories, news, and interviews about climbing, mountaineering, and the outdoors.

The Austen Connection

By Plain Jane

How Jane Austen's stories connect to us today, and connect us to each other.

SoNovelicious, Books & Reading & More Books

By Gayla Gray

All things books, reading and looking forward to retirement

Unfiltered by Tim Denning

I will help you live with less stress and more freedom by improving every aspect of your lifestyle – money, work, productivity, relationships.

Words and Pictures by Pamela Leavey

Welcome to Words and Pictures. I’m a creative writer, a photographer, naturalist, art, music and history lover, who loves to travel. I post Daily Affirmations, Quotes of The Day, and other posts to Inspire and Enlighten. Enjoy!

Matt Likes Coffee.

By Matthew

Austin Coffee, maybe broader thoughts on life

Brent and Michael Are Going Places

By Brent and Michael are Going Places

The adventures, insights, and travel tips of a gay digital nomad couple exploring the world. A "Substack Featured" Newsletter! Also seen on CBS Sunday Morning and CNN.com.

Deep. Authentic. Honest. Fascinating. Love this stack.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Unschool for Writers

By Alison Acheson

Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people

buttonslives

By Christina Buttons

I write about gender, pseudoscience, mental health, autism and critical thinking.

The truth about everything*

By The Guyliner

I slide into your inbox with the grace of a cow rollerblading down the steps of Leicester Square Tube station.

Classical Wisdom

Bringing Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds. Subscribe to our FREE newsletter and receive our "How to be Happy: A Guide to Ancient Ethical Philosophy".

The Intrinsic Perspective

By Erik Hoel

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Deep. Honest. Raw. Some of the most poignant, persuasive, powerful prose on Substack.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Alphabet Soup

By Etgar Keret

Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.

Recovering

By Holly Whitaker

Examining current cultural trends through the lens of addiction, recovery, alcohol, and all the other drugs like your smartphone

Time Travel Kitchen

By Jolene Handy

Food, History, Chicago, New York and Beyond.

Love Story

By Laura McKowen

Your life is a love story, it’s just not the kind you think. An honest look at relationships, recovery, and writing.

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

Finding Home

By Jan Peppler

Insights to finding home & creating home from a home researcher who has lived in many places. Using psychology, myth, popular culture, religion, the hero's journey, and more.

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

Wrong Side of History

By Ed West

It's Ed West's sub stack

The Elysian

By Elle Griffin

Essays imaging a more beautiful future and utopian fiction bringing it to life. Join our salon of literary thinkers!

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Garrison Keillor and Friends

This newsletter will include observational humor, gratitude, small doses of advice, memories of heroic persons I knew up close, reminiscence about ordinary life back before Twitter and thoughts about American life and other pleasures.

The Cure for Sleep with Tanya Shadrick

Writing prompts for waking up, breaking free & making a more creative life. Explore and respond to three seasons of themes from author & editor Tanya Shadrick. Discover like-minds and see your words published alongside other aspiring writers...

Oxford Sour

By Christopher Gage

Politics. Culture. Sanity.

Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

One Could Argue

By d.w.

Meditations on what I'm reading and watching.

Aging Well News

By Janice Walton

Want to live your later years to the fullest? This newsletter is filled with ideas based on my experiences as an older adult.

Arrivals and Departures

By Reena Kapoor

Poetry, essays and short stories to make sense and meaning out of this too short existence!

The Latest from Rikki Schlott

Political and cultural commentary from the perspective of a young libertarian.

A Writer's Notebook

By Summer Brennan

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Glenn Loury

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury, Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

The New Fatherhood

By Kevin Maguire

"Like one big group text with other guys fumbling their way through fatherhood." — Esquire

The Art of Flash Fiction

By Kathy Fish

Monthly Flash Fiction Craft Articles & Prompts by Writer & Teacher, Kathy Fish

Civic Renaissance with Alexandra Hudson

A newsletter and intellectual community passionate about infusing beauty, goodness and truth into our public discourse. Join now and get the FREE mini-course "Greek Mythology in Ten Minutes"!

Joel Bowman ~ Notes from the End of the World

Wandering the world, one idea at a time. Weekly musings on literature, philosophy and travel from the world's greatest cities. A hopeful, private antidote to cascading public folly.

Zappagram

By Chris Zappa

Zappagram is the mother of all music podcasts and newsletters, covering the latest in music news, reviews, interviews, new releases, music discovery, history, and more.

Letters from Suzanne

By Suzanne Moore

The whole shebang. Writings, personal and political .

Holy is He Who Wrestles

By Yoshi Matsumoto

A Worldview Repair Service for Broken People.

Shriek of the Week

By Charlie

A bird sound in your inbox every Friday

GIRLS

By Freya India

Girlhood in the Modern World

On Repeat by Kevin Alexander

By Kevin

Making music discovery personal -and personable- again.

Intimations: A Writer's Discourse

By Grant Faulkner

How we write is how we live. And how we live is how we write. A dose of creative writing for the soul.

Growing Hearths

By Sarah Kmon

From the Dept. of Shifting Generational Patterns: Nonviolent Communication for parents, families and communities for a future that works for all, for generations. A little needs-based cultural criticism thrown in.

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

This is the home of two newsletters by Cheryl Strayed. Paid subscribers receive Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter once a month (both audio & written), and her regular newsletter several times a year. Free subscribers get her regular newsletter only. Thanks!

Situation Normal

By Michael Estrin

Stories for people who enjoy humor with a side of humanity and a dash of insight

Jimmy Doom's Roulette Weal

Daily, Original Fiction in relatively short bursts of wisdom, charm, laughter, folly. Every single day. Read one a day or save them for your weekend.

The Querent

By Alexander Chee

The person asking a question at the beginning of a Tarot card reading. Or, a newsletter project by Alexander Chee.

HOT PLATE! Print Edition

By Karl Straub

Our culture is totally fucked! On the other hand, music, books, movies, and ethnic food are pretty good.

Lawson’s Newsletter

By Lawson Wallace

News and information about my writing and other stuff

Desk Notes by Charles Schifano

Exploring writing, travel, and literature.

BROADview by Lisa Selin Davis

By BROADVIEW with Lisa Selin Davis

A newsletter about the gender culture wars, & the history, science, psychology & politics of gender nonconformity—misunderstood by the Right and Left. Where do our ideas of normal for boys and girls come from? Speaking the unspeakable. Pro-complexity.

The Commonplace

By Thomas J Bevan

Fiction and essays on the extraordinary nature of ordinary life.

Stoic Observations

By Michael David Cobb Bowen

Discovery, humor & reason without ideological baggage.

The Weekly Dish

By Andrew Sullivan

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble

By Lyle McKeany

Hanging out at the intersection between the stories we tell others and the stories we tell ourselves. Personal, vulnerable, and sometimes funny essays from a husband, father, and disability advocate, delivered whenever he wants at exactly 8:08 am PT.

Honest. Brave. Vulnerable.

- Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing