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A newsletter about all things Black travel, Black history and Black culture.

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble

By Lyle McKeany

Personal, vulnerable, and sometimes funny essays from a husband, father, and disability advocate, delivered whatever days he wants at exactly 8:08 am PT.

Weekly dispatches of vulnerability and top-notch prose. I look forward to Lyle's singular essays about fatherhood, writing and this thing called life every Saturday. (He's quite the talented fiction writer, too!)

- Alicia Kenworthy

Great Books + Great Minds

By Diamond-Michael Scott

Great Books, Great Minds is a member-supported digital community with a mission of “Igniting a New World of Community, Connection, and Conversation, One Book at a Time

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

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

Full Sentimentale

By Josiane Stratis

Full Sentimentale est une infolettre de type carnets d'autoréparation sous plusieurs formes. Entre le journal, la réflexion sociale et psychologique. Texte de type long format.

By far my favorite French-language discovery on Substack. Josiane is a superbly talented writer who tackles cancel culture, trauma and its after-effects with nuance and vulnerability.

- Alicia Kenworthy

Freddie deBoer

cool but rude

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life

By Terry Freedman

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

Witticisms and eclectic musings from across the pond. Seeing Terry's name in my inbox always makes me smile!

- Alicia Kenworthy

The Beinart Notebook

By Peter Beinart

A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

There's an immediacy to Lauren's prose that is unparalleled. I don't think I ever tire of her voice in my inbox.

- Alicia Kenworthy

Castalia

By Sam Kahn

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

Incandescent Palace

By Juliette Cove

Storylines and variety interludes sprinkled in comedy bring reality into the grand ballroom of fiction, and fiction into the courtyard of reality. ⭐️ Intro (+video) ⭐️ Script ⭐️Featured Song ⭐️ Writer’s Notes ⭐️ (ZERO-AI & COMPLEMENTARY 💋)

Singular, lively, vivid. Juliette has VOICE. I'm not sure I've ever read prose so brimming with metaphor and surprise at every corner.

- Alicia Kenworthy

Fictitious

By Oleg

A weekly newsletter dedicated to fiction of all shapes, creativity, language learning, linguistics, rhetoric and much more

Oleg always teaches me something new!

- Alicia Kenworthy

The Intentional Hulk

By Amy Yuki Vickers

I’m an autistic writer. Please come take a look. You might like it.

Vivid imagery and strikingly elegant prose. I love the way Amy looks at the world.

- Alicia Kenworthy