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The Survivors' Daughter

By Mindy Greenstein

Fear, Uncertainty, and What it Means to Be Alive (funnier than it sounds)

Mindy Greenstein is a psychologist and writer of great insight and humor. Anything she writes is worth reading.

- Bill Wolfe

Bookish

By Christine Sneed

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.

The newsletter of writer Christine Sneed (Paris, He Said; The Virginity of Famous Men; Please Be Advised)

- Bill Wolfe

The Busy Black Bookworm Newsletter

By Courtney

Hi! My name is Courtney and I'm a bibliophile who is passionate both about reading and helping people meet their next favorite book. Thanks for hanging out with me!

APS Together

By A Public Space

Read with APS Together. Discover a different way to book club.

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Novelist Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers, I Have a Few Questions for You) is smart, funny, and always worth reading.

- Bill Wolfe

The B.Han Edit

By Britta 👻

Random thoughts, things that tickle my fancy, books, dogs, coffee. Attempts at being a goat in a world trying to be unicorns.

Many Flowers Everywhere

By Winna Pham

A monthly newsletter examining the contradictions and complexities of my own humanity

Follow young dentist and writer Winna Pham on her professional, literary, and personal journey

- Bill Wolfe

The 7am Novelist

By Michelle Hoover

Join award-winning novelist and writing teacher Michelle Hoover with tips and special guests for your morning writing wake up call, with a range of author interviews and writing challenges to help you get a new project going and keep you in your chair.

Novelist Michelle Hoover ("Bottomland") leads a daily writing workshop featuring dozens of her writer friends

- Bill Wolfe

Alice on Sunday

By Alice Elliott Dark

Dispatches about literature and life.

Alice Elliott Dark, author of Fellowship Point and In the Gloaming: Stories

- Bill Wolfe

Unbiased Science

Empowering everyone to understand health science through patient, evidence-based explanations that respect both skepticism and nuance.

A public health scientist and an epidemiologist help you sort facts from misinformation

- Bill Wolfe

Emily in Your Phone

By Emily Amick

Former Senate Counsel bringing you fact-based, action-oriented analysis and insight into politics and the culture that shapes it.

Millennial Monica

By Monica Nastase

Essays exploring migrant life, how it influences our relationships and how it shapes our cultural identity. My writings are permeated by my status as a Millennial, permanent foreigner.

SoNovelicious, Books & Reading & More Books

By Gayla Gray

All things books, reading, and Hurrah! I'm finally retired and it's everything and more.

Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

The Status Kuo

By Jay Kuo

The Status Kuo provides accessible political and legal analysis with a dose of humor. In crazy times, a little clarity goes a long way! Subscribe to receive my email in your inbox. All paid support is voluntary but deeply appreciated

Lawyer-playwright-activist Jay Kuo analyzes political news

- Bill Wolfe

Your Local Epidemiologist

By Katelyn Jetelina

Providing a direct line of "translated" public health science to you

The Long Scrawl

By LaDonna Witmer

True stories about life in Palmela, Portugal (and beyond) from a writer who emigrated from the States.

A family moves from SF to Portugal. Very well written.

- Bill Wolfe

News Not Noise

By Jessica Yellin

Separating the news from the noise. We give you information, not a panic attack.

Julie Zuckerman’s Monthly Author Newsletter

Book recommendations, literary news, a virtual series connecting readers and writers of Jewish books, a story/essay of the month, recipes and other thoughts on writing, delivered to your inbox once a month