This week we are taking a break from Office Hours as usual for our monthly Shoutout Thread.
We host Shoutout Threads because know writers want more ways to discover great writing on Substack. And we’re always looking to celebrate writers who are finding a home on Substack. This thread is a chance for all of us to share what we’ve been reading and inspired by recently.
How to join the Shoutout Thread 📢
Introduce yourself. Tell us what you write about on Substack. No need to include your URL. When you hover over a writer’s name, you’ll see a new profile preview that includes both a link to their publication, and a list of the Substacks they are reading.
Shoutout a Substack writer you recommend reading. Tell us the URL of a writer you admire and why. Bonus: point us to a remarkable piece of their writing we should check out first.
Our team will be in the thread today from 9 am - 10 am PDT / 12 pm - 1 pm EDT in discovery and celebration mode with you all.
We'll start! We're always excited to see when writers shoutout other writers in their own Substacks. Alicia Kennedy writes a weekly publication on issues in food, from politics and climate change to culture and labor. Recently she shared 18 food and beverage newsletters she always opens.
Hi everyone! I'm Mike and I use GIFs to review books. Books on GIF comes out every two weeks and it features a diverse range of books (fiction, nonfiction, bestsellers, classics and graphic novels) and authors.
I started the newsletter because I was frustrated by the sameness in book criticism: everywhere you looked, from legacy publications to social media, you saw the same books, the same authors and the same style of discussion. I wanted to try something different, highlight the popular as well as the obscure, and maybe bring some fun and fresh air to the book space. I try to emphasize the joy of reading and finding books that have personal meaning over whether a book is 'good' or 'bad.'
I'm Jackie and I write a weekly newsletter about story and storytelling. I'm working up an article for next week on serial storytelling past, present, and future on my newsletter Story Cauldron. I try to make each week's newsletter appeal to both writers and readers, and I think this will be a good one (plus I am sharing the works of a few fellow Substackers!). I also have my own serial fiction called "The Favor Faeries" over on my paid newsletter.
A couple of things I've really enjoyed this week on Substack include "The Master's Trap," a 3-part series about the pitfalls and scammy nature of graduate study over at Culture Study, https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-masters-trap , and "Conspiracy," a serial novel about a blue-skinned alien crash-landing on earth at Kevin's Creative Corner, https://kevinmoran.substack.com/s/conspiracy
I write So Relatable, which is about trying to live a creative life and pursue your art even when it feels like the world is conspiring against you! Also: snacks.
I've been following her blog for a while, and am excited to see how she uses the Substack platform to talk about art, productivity, and freelance writing.
Hi! I write a newsletter a couple times a month -- more or less! -- about "what I'm thinking about" -- which seems to usually be about mortality, grief, hope, making meaning, etc. (the gamut of life emotions). They're pretty personal, and quite different from my other newsletter on Substack, Good Trouble For Kids, which stems out of a project a girlfriend and I did of helping families build racially conscious libraries. I was drawn to Substack because of Heather Cox Richardson's phenomenal newsletter (beats reading the newspaper or listening to the news) and I love Alison Roman's newsletter.
My name is Davina and I am a writer for children and adults. I write Writersphere (https://writersphere.substack.com/) which sheds light on the writer's journey through publishing. I offer tips and tricks into writing and getting published. I am currently enjoying Weirdy Wordy (https://weirdywordy.substack.com/) a fictional weekly newspaper for a fictional town. Perfect for the fans of the Onion and Welcome to the Nightvale.
Hello! I write a bi-weekly newsletter, Borscht for Breakfast, about food and culture which includes recipes. I'm just getting started and looking for community.
Hi! I write a weekly food and culture newsletter that comes out Tuesday afternoons. I link to recipes, food news, essays about food. I also include craft beer and cocktail news. I also curate a food and cookbook list on Bookshop. https://bookshop.org/lists/nichelle-newsletter-books-on-food
Hi there! I'm Sarah, and I write a weekly newsletter about children's books, raising readers, and how to build a culture of reading in your home. I've been writing it since May 2020 and it has not only kept me sane during the pandemic but been a source of tremendous fun.
I'm such a fan of Time Travel Kitchen it's almost embarrassing, but Jolene inspires this kind of devotion, trust me: https://timetravelkitchen.substack.com/
Hello everyone! Love the idea behind these threads!
My name is Barry and I write a newsletter called Proximities. Every day I briefly summarize three non-Western news stories and provide links should you want to find out some more. I do it seven days a week and it's free of charge. I'm a journalist and a former foreign correspondent and the idea came from a sense of frustration I feel that most "international" news channels are dominated by Western news even when there are hugely important things happening elsewhere.
My recommendation is probably of most interest to people based in the UK. Conquest of the Useless by Mic Wright is a newsletter about the British media. The critiques are brilliantly written and the quality he delivers every morning without fail amazes me. https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/
Hi: I write 1,500 word essays two or three times a week about current pop music, and rock music criticism as memoir: For more than 50 years, I've been fortunate to never have to do anything else for a living. Tuesday's post was record reviews about the magnificent new music of Korean-American Andrew Choi, who performs as St. Lenox, as well as the Wallflowers, and the Umbrellas. Tomorrow's will go back to my first job after college at CBS Records, one aspect of which I already wrote about in a cross-Substack/response to the writer Ted Gioia about "The Worst Day in Jazz History," which Ted graciously acknowledged on Twitter. My avatar/photo is a back cover headline from a cover story I did for the Village Voice in 1974, headlined "Led Zep Zaps Kidz." On the front cover of that issue is a story Lucian Truscott IV did about uncorrupt NYC cop Frank Serpico, played by Al Pacino in the movie of that name, though in those days I looked more like Pacino than Lucian did. I subscribe to Lucian's newsletter. He's peerless on military and political issues. We're both still at the top of our games. https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/stark-raving-mad
Hi, I'm a philosophy major in Houston, Texas who writes about the relationship between climate change and political philosophy. My work includes investigative journalism, dispatches from my climate activism, and the research I produce in academia. I'm currently writing a book review on the history of freedom (a concept frequently invoked in debates about climate action) over the span of 3 posts.
One of my favorite Substack blogs is The Phoenix, a newsletter which functions as a forum for conversations surrounding climate change.
Hello friends! I have a newsletter called Get Busy Living. I'm looking for the answer to "What is a good life?" That's what I'm exploring right now as I'm at a point in my life where I'm looking for change and I share my journey. Please subscribe and say hello. Also the name of the newsletter comes from one of my favorite movies of all time The Shawshank Redemption.
Another Substack I recommend is https://mysweetdumbbrain.substack.com . Her tagline is "A newsletter about facing life’s hardships, all while being kind to yourself". I love the way she tells her personal stories through her voice, tone, and style.
Hi Friends! I'm Ashley and I'm writing words about the world we can't see, the esoteric and the weird. I get really nerdy about tarot, astrology and magick. If you are curious about the occult, come take a peek! https://www.devilsdispatch.com
One of my latests posts deals with the dichotomy between the map and the territory when navigating our reality. Here is a quote about it from Robert Anton Wilson:
All experience is a muddle, until we make a model to explain it. The model can clarify the muddles, but the model is never the muddle itself. "The map is not the territory"; the menu does not taste like the meal.
Hi y'all! I'm Caitlin, and I write about pop culture and creativity at PopPoetry. My latest post deals with the lothario poet of the Friends episode with the "empty vase" and considers the "trick" of metaphor. Love to have you check it out and subscribe if you dig! I write explainers, book reviews, and creative prompts weekly and conduct author interviews, too.
I've been loving Neko Case's Entering the Lung (https://nekocase.substack.com/), which is a collection of woozy, eco-centered meditation on life, nature, and the creative spark.
Thanks for reading! I'm so happy to be part of this community :)
Hi, my name is Rohini. I am a literary translator and also write for children. My substack is The Story Birds, which I write with Shaiontoni Bose, a dear friend and a fellow writer. Each week we bring our readers a story, which could be original fiction, or traditional tales retold, or even tales specially collected for The Story Birds. We also share our research sources and recommend further reading for those who are interested. Additionally, through our stories, we look at process, the art and craft, of story-telling, story-writing. We also bring original art work and illustrations to our readers. We hope to make this a multi-media, multilingual newsletter in the not too distant future.
I read The Parallel Campaign regularly. It is an extremely well-researched and lucidly written newsletter that seeks to give as objective a view of history as possible, particularly in the context of the current political climate in India. Definitely worth a read for anyone interested in the subject.
Hi there! My name is Juliet and I write The Rafters which is a somewhat neglected fiction and ramblings Substack. I talk a lot about the unanswerable and modern culture and why things are the way they are.
One of my absolute favorite Substacks I've been subscribed to is Culture Study by Anne Hellen Petersen one of my absolute favorite reads on Substack. https://annehelen.substack.com/
Hi Substackers! I’m Anamaria, founder of FemWealth, a community that celebrates women’s success in business, politics, leadership, science, technology, sports, and arts.
Hi fellow writers! My name is Saumya and I write a newsletter called wanders & wonders. It's tiny thoughts and observations (~wonders~) which I turn into essays that highlight some broader themes that capture the human condition. I also include some of my photography that go along with these themes, hence the ~wanders~
Greetings fellow humans! I write a weekly love letter to Star Trek (called Star Trekking). One of my favorite substacks is called Something Good and author Mark Slutsky truly does offer something good to his readers every week. I enjoyed this week's issue - and not just because I made a cameo appearance in it... https://markslutsky.substack.com/p/something-good-30-some-good-advice
Shaun Gold here. I write YouTopian Journey, which is a mindset reset providing readers with weekly wisdom, inspiration, motivation and art, from the world's first graphic novel for self-help and wellness (which I also created). Happy to cross promote so feel free to hit me up. I enjoy reading the Diff Substack as they provide a lot of value to business minded readers such as myself.. https://diff.substack.com/
I LOVE the shoutout thread! So much fun. I'm newly obsessed with Case by Case, which features pitches for journalists to steal. My only complaint is that I want to read all of these stories now.
I also recently finally took the plunge and went paid on Anne Helen Petersen's Culture Study and it's totally worth it. I love the discussion threads. So many smart, interesting people having smart, interesting conversations.
Hi! I’m Jess Graves, a travel and lifestyle journalist focused on the American South. My Substack The Love List is a weekly edit of the things in style, culture, food and living that stood out to me this week. That could mean a shopping roundup, a city guide, a playlist or a great book. It’s all about sharing recommendations amongst friends.
I like A Small and Simple Thing by Brooks Reitz, an old friend whose food newsletter inspired me as the deciding factor when I was debating whether or not to join the Substack universe. Thanks Brooks!
Hey-o! I'm Addie Broyles, a longtime newspaper food columnist in Austin, Texas, who has transitioned away from traditional media to a weekly Substack called The Feminist Kitchen, where I write about food, travel, parenting and juicy stuff like grief and ancestral healing. I'm a big fan of Anne Byrn (https://annebyrn.substack.com), a fellow former print journalist who wrote all those Cake Mix Doctor books many years ago, and Robyn Metcalfe (https://robynmetcalfe.substack.com), one of the biggest thinkers in food/culture/history today.
Hi all! My name is Max and I write about urban innovation, specifically how different cities around the world are tackling issues like sustainability, food insecurity, transportation/mobility etc. I try to keep things positive (big fan of memes for simplifying concepts) but will occasionally add a critique here or there.
I'm a huge fan of Fabien Clavier's newsletter Cities in Mind https://citiesinmind.substack.com/, which includes not only newsletter but also podcast interviews with interesting folks in the sustainability/smart cities space. I also love Joseph Pampliano's "Huddle Up" https://huddleup.substack.com/ which does fascinating deep dives on sports news/developments.
Hey, I'm Adam and I write about both football (soccer) and process management and management theory and where those two things intersect.
One of my favourite Substacks is by Grace Robertson. It's the best football related Substack out there in my humble opinion: https://onfootball.substack.com/
Good on history, culture, and data-driven approaches. Some great research is done for every post including lots of original research applying modern analysis methods and approaches to games, teams, or players from the 90/00s - my favourite genre of her work.
I write big habibi energy, a newsletter that comes out 2x a month (sometimes more) that explores the space between metaphysical and bodily experience of life, through essays, prose, and fiction. This is a newsletter about rituals, grief, death, truth, and love. https://ashleyhefnawy.substack.com/
I love Ann Helen Petersen's newsletter called Culture Study, a newsletter that explores the culture that surrounds us in interesting and inquisitive ways. https://annehelen.substack.com/
Hello and welcome to our Comedy will Save America Tour. It's combustible commentary from Texas' only Bait Camp Think Tank - Inspired by True Events. New episodes are published weekly from the bothered mind of American humorist Uncle Otis, a widely-ignored Southern intellectual. "2-Minutes with Tio Otis" is good clean fun with a bite. I hope you'll join our Salty Scholars and “wade into the guilt-free waters” for a satirical look at the Shitegeist of the times.
Howdy! I'm Cole and I publish a weekly (+whenever news breaks) about the outdoors, and how our experiences in nature can help us through our daily lives. Since joining I've very much enjoyed "Nobody Reads Poetry," which sends out a weekly poem. Pollen box has some great takes on writing and pop culture. And Youtopian Journey has some really inspirational stuff with cool drawings to go along with it!
Hey, everyone! I write a weekly newsletter focused on grappling with being in your early- to mid-twenties, and how we can look at the wisdom of others to pave a path for ourselves. I would loooove if you checked it out!
I'm Rick and I write a M-F newsletter about TV, streaming and the media. I've been lucky because the readership of my newsletter is pretty heavy with industry folks, which really helps with getting interviews, etc. The newsletter also weirdly has an audience that doesn't much overlap with my website, which gets more than two million visits a month.
And if you enjoy deep dives into the data of ratings and other TV industry metrics, I'd recommend the Entertainment Strategy Guy, who does it better than just about anyone https://entertainment.substack.com/
Every Thursday I publish a satirical article harpooning human foolishness, jerky behavior, and cruelty of any kind. I try to be balanced but I find myself lately driving harder against what gets called "conservative" thought - because I can't stand selfish, pompous, jerks.
Writing for Substack has been a wonderful release. I can't stop doom, but I can share a laugh while craziness continues. It's also helped me with writerly discipline, having to talk absurdly about our absurd times regularly is tough, but I find myself developing a routine that helps generate ideas. Thank you, Substack!
I'm also the author of a few novels, (available on Amazon - not humor, btw) and so that's why I've enjoyed Elle Griffin's The Novelist. Her tough love is wonderful advice from a great coach. This one: The one where writing books is not really a good idea (Link: https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/creator-economy-for-fiction-authors) is inspiring, and reminds me why I write.
I'm thinking of serializing my novels in some capacity so her advice is invaluable.
I love love love the.ink and Anand's interviews with folks offering critiques on capitalism in its current form. I also get all my climate news from heated.world. Highly recommend Emily Atkin's all-star reporting.
Hello Everyone! I'm new to substack and excited to be part of this community. I'm writing a wide spanning newsletter on amazing things I've found, nutrition nuggets, and small musings on life. I'm interested in eventually publishing a paid fiction subscription.
Hey all - Ben Miller, I write on mental health, policy, and what we can do about them both.
I am loving the brilliant work of the folks writing at "thesupercurious" https://thesupercurious.substack.com/people/26635593-thesupercurious - they post monthly and I have to say, I learn totally amazing and obscure facts every time. They have an amazing ability to integrate gifs/videos into their posts making it oh so visually appealing aside from the fascinating writing. They thematically group tidbits under each topic e.g. https://thesupercurious.substack.com/p/february2021 Such a fun read that I guarantee you will be sharing with friends.
Hi all! I’m Jason Basa Nemec and I write Ideas Over Drinks: short personal essays paired with cocktail recipes and techniques. The ideas part includes all sorts of things I’m learning about, ranging from parenting (I’m a stay-at-home dad), feminism, antiracism work, and beyond. The drinks portion interrogates and expands upon classic cocktails, with a growing emphasis on non-alcoholic options.
One of my favorite Substack writers is Mandy Len Catron, who writes The Loneliness Project. Though she grapples with what she calls “the existential loneliness of being human,” her essays are some of the most hopeful, wonder-packed writing I have yet to come across in this talent-packed online world. One of my favorites is “Kindness as an antidote to loneliness,” in which she shares what she did when a woman slammed what she called her overuse of the word “like” in an NPR interview. Check it out!
Howdy, I'm Scott, author of Ah So Insights. I write about the wine and spirit industry with lessons for anyone interested in business. I take an interdisciplinary approach and explore the alcohol trade's intersection with everything from literature to epidemiology.
Hello! I'm Maxwell and I write about the world of galleries, museums and art, with a focus on all the latest art and culture-related news, debates and scandals for museum visitors and museum professionals alike. It covers London, the UK and museums around the globe.
I really enjoy Talking Travel Writing https://travelwriting.substack.com/ a publication that demystifies the travel media. It explores timely topics, covering everything from ethics to how you make money. It's a goldmine of good advice!
My name is Rishikesh and I write a newsletter called 10+1 Things. I curate 11 interesting, offbeat stories finely handpicked from the vast sea of information.
The Latest edition is titled:
Eater’s Manual, Intellectual Orgasm, Melting Glaciers and Stress Journaling
My two Substacks are whatiscalledthinking.substack.com which has 110 paying subscribers and etzhasadeh.substack.com which has over 1800 readers. The first is on philosophy and culture and the second on the Bible and culture.
I enjoy Slate Star Codex and Ross Douthat (esp. when he writes about film)
** BONUS TIP** to find other substacks to subscribe too ctrl F search for a keyword such as gardening or stocks or finance to find substacks that will interest you
I write a newsletter called Salad Days that serves as a food-inflected and Houston, Texas-accented personal creative outlet for whatever has recently inspired me. Recent topics have included deep dives into topics such as the history of Bundt cake, authenticity and butter chicken, and reviews of my favorite eating and drinking establishments on the east side of Houston.
I am relatively new to the Substack community and to newsletter writing in general, so I am working on honing my (admittedly VERY niche) voice and finding equally personal niche newsletters from like-minded creators.
Looks like I now have a lot of new publications to check out as I scroll through this list, so if I may add one more to the list: Meagan Garvey's SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE (https://scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com/), which I began following after seeing it mentioned in Molly Fischer's story on newsletters in The Cut. I REALLY resonated with the oddly specific Google Maps fueled deep dive on a tiny town in Alaska in her latest edition (https://scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com/p/scary-cool-sad-goodbye-17).
Thanks everyone for sharing your personal newsletters and recommendations - I look forward to finding some new gems out there!
OMG, this is so great! I'm scrolling and salivating over all of the delicious reading I have ahead of me. Big discoveries here! I've wondered how I would find my Substack soulmates and here they are!
I have two Substack newsletters; 'Constant Commoner' is a general blog on life, culture, and politics, and the newer one, 'Writer Everlasting', is all about--you guessed it--writing. I'm still working on discovering other creative writers, but one of my favorites is someone you might not think of as 'creative'. It's Dan Rather.
In his Substack blog, 'Steady', he's a newspaperman, a chronicler, a poet. Every piece is satisfying to me, but I've chosen this piece he wrote for Memorial Day, 2021. I look for resonance in the pieces I choose to read, and Dan Rather never fails to make me think. And show me how it's done.
The Shoutout Thread has become a favorite part of our month! Thank you for sharing more about what you write and read on Substack!
We'll see you next week at Office Hours and next month at the shoutout thread.
Happy writing and reading!
Katie + Bailey
Hi everyone! I'm Mike and I use GIFs to review books. Books on GIF comes out every two weeks and it features a diverse range of books (fiction, nonfiction, bestsellers, classics and graphic novels) and authors.
I started the newsletter because I was frustrated by the sameness in book criticism: everywhere you looked, from legacy publications to social media, you saw the same books, the same authors and the same style of discussion. I wanted to try something different, highlight the popular as well as the obscure, and maybe bring some fun and fresh air to the book space. I try to emphasize the joy of reading and finding books that have personal meaning over whether a book is 'good' or 'bad.'
A newsletter I just subscribed to today is: https://blgtylr.substack.com. Really excited to read it.
A newsletter that I always open immediately is Dearest. It’s so good! Just look at the crazy baby-face brooch in this edition! https://dearest.substack.com/p/stupidly-huge-diamonds-horrible-baby
I'm Jackie and I write a weekly newsletter about story and storytelling. I'm working up an article for next week on serial storytelling past, present, and future on my newsletter Story Cauldron. I try to make each week's newsletter appeal to both writers and readers, and I think this will be a good one (plus I am sharing the works of a few fellow Substackers!). I also have my own serial fiction called "The Favor Faeries" over on my paid newsletter.
A couple of things I've really enjoyed this week on Substack include "The Master's Trap," a 3-part series about the pitfalls and scammy nature of graduate study over at Culture Study, https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-masters-trap , and "Conspiracy," a serial novel about a blue-skinned alien crash-landing on earth at Kevin's Creative Corner, https://kevinmoran.substack.com/s/conspiracy
I love these threads!
I write So Relatable, which is about trying to live a creative life and pursue your art even when it feels like the world is conspiring against you! Also: snacks.
The most recent Substack I'm excited about is Showing My Work by Nicole Dieker: https://nicoledieker.substack.com/
I've been following her blog for a while, and am excited to see how she uses the Substack platform to talk about art, productivity, and freelance writing.
Hi! I write a newsletter a couple times a month -- more or less! -- about "what I'm thinking about" -- which seems to usually be about mortality, grief, hope, making meaning, etc. (the gamut of life emotions). They're pretty personal, and quite different from my other newsletter on Substack, Good Trouble For Kids, which stems out of a project a girlfriend and I did of helping families build racially conscious libraries. I was drawn to Substack because of Heather Cox Richardson's phenomenal newsletter (beats reading the newspaper or listening to the news) and I love Alison Roman's newsletter.
My name is Davina and I am a writer for children and adults. I write Writersphere (https://writersphere.substack.com/) which sheds light on the writer's journey through publishing. I offer tips and tricks into writing and getting published. I am currently enjoying Weirdy Wordy (https://weirdywordy.substack.com/) a fictional weekly newspaper for a fictional town. Perfect for the fans of the Onion and Welcome to the Nightvale.
Hello! I write a bi-weekly newsletter, Borscht for Breakfast, about food and culture which includes recipes. I'm just getting started and looking for community.
Some recent favs on the platform are from Psychopolitica https://psychopolitica.substack.com/p/internet-adolescence
and
everything from MOVIEPUDDING
https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/godards-children-and-vegan-pop-tarts
Hi! I write a weekly food and culture newsletter that comes out Tuesday afternoons. I link to recipes, food news, essays about food. I also include craft beer and cocktail news. I also curate a food and cookbook list on Bookshop. https://bookshop.org/lists/nichelle-newsletter-books-on-food
Hi there! I'm Sarah, and I write a weekly newsletter about children's books, raising readers, and how to build a culture of reading in your home. I've been writing it since May 2020 and it has not only kept me sane during the pandemic but been a source of tremendous fun.
I'm such a fan of Time Travel Kitchen it's almost embarrassing, but Jolene inspires this kind of devotion, trust me: https://timetravelkitchen.substack.com/
Virginia Sole-Smith's Burnt Toast has been rocking my world lately: https://virginiasolesmith.substack.com/
And forever love to my very first Substack subscription (free and paid), Evil Witches Newsletter: https://evilwitches.substack.com/
Hello everyone! Love the idea behind these threads!
My name is Barry and I write a newsletter called Proximities. Every day I briefly summarize three non-Western news stories and provide links should you want to find out some more. I do it seven days a week and it's free of charge. I'm a journalist and a former foreign correspondent and the idea came from a sense of frustration I feel that most "international" news channels are dominated by Western news even when there are hugely important things happening elsewhere.
My recommendation is probably of most interest to people based in the UK. Conquest of the Useless by Mic Wright is a newsletter about the British media. The critiques are brilliantly written and the quality he delivers every morning without fail amazes me. https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/
Hi: I write 1,500 word essays two or three times a week about current pop music, and rock music criticism as memoir: For more than 50 years, I've been fortunate to never have to do anything else for a living. Tuesday's post was record reviews about the magnificent new music of Korean-American Andrew Choi, who performs as St. Lenox, as well as the Wallflowers, and the Umbrellas. Tomorrow's will go back to my first job after college at CBS Records, one aspect of which I already wrote about in a cross-Substack/response to the writer Ted Gioia about "The Worst Day in Jazz History," which Ted graciously acknowledged on Twitter. My avatar/photo is a back cover headline from a cover story I did for the Village Voice in 1974, headlined "Led Zep Zaps Kidz." On the front cover of that issue is a story Lucian Truscott IV did about uncorrupt NYC cop Frank Serpico, played by Al Pacino in the movie of that name, though in those days I looked more like Pacino than Lucian did. I subscribe to Lucian's newsletter. He's peerless on military and political issues. We're both still at the top of our games. https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/stark-raving-mad
Hi, I'm a philosophy major in Houston, Texas who writes about the relationship between climate change and political philosophy. My work includes investigative journalism, dispatches from my climate activism, and the research I produce in academia. I'm currently writing a book review on the history of freedom (a concept frequently invoked in debates about climate action) over the span of 3 posts.
One of my favorite Substack blogs is The Phoenix, a newsletter which functions as a forum for conversations surrounding climate change.
https://thephoenix.substack.com/
Hello friends! I have a newsletter called Get Busy Living. I'm looking for the answer to "What is a good life?" That's what I'm exploring right now as I'm at a point in my life where I'm looking for change and I share my journey. Please subscribe and say hello. Also the name of the newsletter comes from one of my favorite movies of all time The Shawshank Redemption.
Another Substack I recommend is https://mysweetdumbbrain.substack.com . Her tagline is "A newsletter about facing life’s hardships, all while being kind to yourself". I love the way she tells her personal stories through her voice, tone, and style.
Hi Friends! I'm Ashley and I'm writing words about the world we can't see, the esoteric and the weird. I get really nerdy about tarot, astrology and magick. If you are curious about the occult, come take a peek! https://www.devilsdispatch.com
One of my latests posts deals with the dichotomy between the map and the territory when navigating our reality. Here is a quote about it from Robert Anton Wilson:
All experience is a muddle, until we make a model to explain it. The model can clarify the muddles, but the model is never the muddle itself. "The map is not the territory"; the menu does not taste like the meal.
You can read the full post here: https://www.devilsdispatch.com/p/on-maps-and-territories
I am always reading the lovely and depressing Substack by Luke O'Neil called Welcome to Hell World. You can read it here: https://luke.substack.com
Hi y'all! I'm Caitlin, and I write about pop culture and creativity at PopPoetry. My latest post deals with the lothario poet of the Friends episode with the "empty vase" and considers the "trick" of metaphor. Love to have you check it out and subscribe if you dig! I write explainers, book reviews, and creative prompts weekly and conduct author interviews, too.
I've been loving Neko Case's Entering the Lung (https://nekocase.substack.com/), which is a collection of woozy, eco-centered meditation on life, nature, and the creative spark.
Thanks for reading! I'm so happy to be part of this community :)
Today is my birthday, so I am hoping to get some extra love for my newsletter. I have shouted out Lyz Lenz a ton, but am always willing to do the same for anyone else! https://lyz.substack.com/p/cicada-season-pandemic-faith-and
https://jhardycarroll.substack.com/p/spontaneous-knotting-of-an-agitated
Hi, my name is Rohini. I am a literary translator and also write for children. My substack is The Story Birds, which I write with Shaiontoni Bose, a dear friend and a fellow writer. Each week we bring our readers a story, which could be original fiction, or traditional tales retold, or even tales specially collected for The Story Birds. We also share our research sources and recommend further reading for those who are interested. Additionally, through our stories, we look at process, the art and craft, of story-telling, story-writing. We also bring original art work and illustrations to our readers. We hope to make this a multi-media, multilingual newsletter in the not too distant future.
I read The Parallel Campaign regularly. It is an extremely well-researched and lucidly written newsletter that seeks to give as objective a view of history as possible, particularly in the context of the current political climate in India. Definitely worth a read for anyone interested in the subject.
Hi there! My name is Juliet and I write The Rafters which is a somewhat neglected fiction and ramblings Substack. I talk a lot about the unanswerable and modern culture and why things are the way they are.
One of my absolute favorite Substacks I've been subscribed to is Culture Study by Anne Hellen Petersen one of my absolute favorite reads on Substack. https://annehelen.substack.com/
Hi Everyone! I want to share 5 things that helped me increase my subscribers this week for my two newsletters:
http://www.oddjobsnews.com/welcome
http://www.thefirstyearsofmarriage.com/welcome
1. Posting about topics that are trending / newsworthy: I incorporated the Olympics into the newsletter a lot and people loved that.
2. Hosted giveaways with Kingsum.com (free to use) and that brought in a lot of new subs
3. Shared a promo reel of the newsletter on my Instagram (www.instagram.com/jenglantz)
4.Printed a t-shrit with my newsletter name on it to wear around town
5. Increased my frequencies to 5x a week
What about you?
Good morning! I write about eating disorders and how to navigate exercise addiction, pregnancy, being an athlete, and all that encompasses.
Hi Substackers! I’m Anamaria, founder of FemWealth, a community that celebrates women’s success in business, politics, leadership, science, technology, sports, and arts.
I enjoy reading Emily Atkin’s Heated and learn about climate action https://heated.world/p/we-arent-comfortable-running-that?r=22qcq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
Hi fellow writers! My name is Saumya and I write a newsletter called wanders & wonders. It's tiny thoughts and observations (~wonders~) which I turn into essays that highlight some broader themes that capture the human condition. I also include some of my photography that go along with these themes, hence the ~wanders~
A newsletter I really like is called "tiny driver" by Ida Yalzadeh which combines writing, academia, and detailed thoughts on big things :) https://tinydriver.substack.com/people/117138-ida-yalzadeh
Greetings fellow humans! I write a weekly love letter to Star Trek (called Star Trekking). One of my favorite substacks is called Something Good and author Mark Slutsky truly does offer something good to his readers every week. I enjoyed this week's issue - and not just because I made a cameo appearance in it... https://markslutsky.substack.com/p/something-good-30-some-good-advice
Shaun Gold here. I write YouTopian Journey, which is a mindset reset providing readers with weekly wisdom, inspiration, motivation and art, from the world's first graphic novel for self-help and wellness (which I also created). Happy to cross promote so feel free to hit me up. I enjoy reading the Diff Substack as they provide a lot of value to business minded readers such as myself.. https://diff.substack.com/
I LOVE the shoutout thread! So much fun. I'm newly obsessed with Case by Case, which features pitches for journalists to steal. My only complaint is that I want to read all of these stories now.
I also recently finally took the plunge and went paid on Anne Helen Petersen's Culture Study and it's totally worth it. I love the discussion threads. So many smart, interesting people having smart, interesting conversations.
Hi! I’m Jess Graves, a travel and lifestyle journalist focused on the American South. My Substack The Love List is a weekly edit of the things in style, culture, food and living that stood out to me this week. That could mean a shopping roundup, a city guide, a playlist or a great book. It’s all about sharing recommendations amongst friends.
I like A Small and Simple Thing by Brooks Reitz, an old friend whose food newsletter inspired me as the deciding factor when I was debating whether or not to join the Substack universe. Thanks Brooks!
Hi! I'm Kira, my newsletter is Called Paging Dr. Lesbian, and it's about queer pop culture.
Another queer newsletter I like is https://xenaworrierprincess.substack.com/ – Maddy writes a sort of advice column that is always wise and often funny.
Hey-o! I'm Addie Broyles, a longtime newspaper food columnist in Austin, Texas, who has transitioned away from traditional media to a weekly Substack called The Feminist Kitchen, where I write about food, travel, parenting and juicy stuff like grief and ancestral healing. I'm a big fan of Anne Byrn (https://annebyrn.substack.com), a fellow former print journalist who wrote all those Cake Mix Doctor books many years ago, and Robyn Metcalfe (https://robynmetcalfe.substack.com), one of the biggest thinkers in food/culture/history today.
Hi all! My name is Max and I write about urban innovation, specifically how different cities around the world are tackling issues like sustainability, food insecurity, transportation/mobility etc. I try to keep things positive (big fan of memes for simplifying concepts) but will occasionally add a critique here or there.
I'm a huge fan of Fabien Clavier's newsletter Cities in Mind https://citiesinmind.substack.com/, which includes not only newsletter but also podcast interviews with interesting folks in the sustainability/smart cities space. I also love Joseph Pampliano's "Huddle Up" https://huddleup.substack.com/ which does fascinating deep dives on sports news/developments.
Hey, I'm Adam and I write about both football (soccer) and process management and management theory and where those two things intersect.
One of my favourite Substacks is by Grace Robertson. It's the best football related Substack out there in my humble opinion: https://onfootball.substack.com/
Good on history, culture, and data-driven approaches. Some great research is done for every post including lots of original research applying modern analysis methods and approaches to games, teams, or players from the 90/00s - my favourite genre of her work.
I write big habibi energy, a newsletter that comes out 2x a month (sometimes more) that explores the space between metaphysical and bodily experience of life, through essays, prose, and fiction. This is a newsletter about rituals, grief, death, truth, and love. https://ashleyhefnawy.substack.com/
I love Ann Helen Petersen's newsletter called Culture Study, a newsletter that explores the culture that surrounds us in interesting and inquisitive ways. https://annehelen.substack.com/
Hello and welcome to our Comedy will Save America Tour. It's combustible commentary from Texas' only Bait Camp Think Tank - Inspired by True Events. New episodes are published weekly from the bothered mind of American humorist Uncle Otis, a widely-ignored Southern intellectual. "2-Minutes with Tio Otis" is good clean fun with a bite. I hope you'll join our Salty Scholars and “wade into the guilt-free waters” for a satirical look at the Shitegeist of the times.
Each weekly editorial is summarized in video at www.UniversalFoolishness.com
Howdy! I'm Cole and I publish a weekly (+whenever news breaks) about the outdoors, and how our experiences in nature can help us through our daily lives. Since joining I've very much enjoyed "Nobody Reads Poetry," which sends out a weekly poem. Pollen box has some great takes on writing and pop culture. And Youtopian Journey has some really inspirational stuff with cool drawings to go along with it!
https://www.nobodyreadspoetry.com/
https://substack.com/profile/38301874-pollen-box
https://youtopianjourney.substack.com/people/26204039-youtopian-journey
Hey, everyone! I write a weekly newsletter focused on grappling with being in your early- to mid-twenties, and how we can look at the wisdom of others to pave a path for ourselves. I would loooove if you checked it out!
I really enjoy reading Lyle McKeany’s newsletter!
I'm Rick and I write a M-F newsletter about TV, streaming and the media. I've been lucky because the readership of my newsletter is pretty heavy with industry folks, which really helps with getting interviews, etc. The newsletter also weirdly has an audience that doesn't much overlap with my website, which gets more than two million visits a month.
And if you enjoy deep dives into the data of ratings and other TV industry metrics, I'd recommend the Entertainment Strategy Guy, who does it better than just about anyone https://entertainment.substack.com/
Hey all! My name is Larry Nocella, and I write the "Now With REAL™ News!" newsletter! https://nowwithrealnews.substack.com/
Every Thursday I publish a satirical article harpooning human foolishness, jerky behavior, and cruelty of any kind. I try to be balanced but I find myself lately driving harder against what gets called "conservative" thought - because I can't stand selfish, pompous, jerks.
Writing for Substack has been a wonderful release. I can't stop doom, but I can share a laugh while craziness continues. It's also helped me with writerly discipline, having to talk absurdly about our absurd times regularly is tough, but I find myself developing a routine that helps generate ideas. Thank you, Substack!
I'm also the author of a few novels, (available on Amazon - not humor, btw) and so that's why I've enjoyed Elle Griffin's The Novelist. Her tough love is wonderful advice from a great coach. This one: The one where writing books is not really a good idea (Link: https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/creator-economy-for-fiction-authors) is inspiring, and reminds me why I write.
I'm thinking of serializing my novels in some capacity so her advice is invaluable.
Rock on, team. Keep it REAL™!
Hey there, I'm Caitlin and I write a bi-weekly newsletter about reimagining the economy in language everyone can understand.
A piece I'm proud of is on corporate commitments to racial equity (including original data and why there is little to show for it!) https://thegreatnear.substack.com/p/corporate-commitments-racial-equity
I love love love the.ink and Anand's interviews with folks offering critiques on capitalism in its current form. I also get all my climate news from heated.world. Highly recommend Emily Atkin's all-star reporting.
Glad to be here!
Hello Everyone! I'm new to substack and excited to be part of this community. I'm writing a wide spanning newsletter on amazing things I've found, nutrition nuggets, and small musings on life. I'm interested in eventually publishing a paid fiction subscription.
I'm enjoying the community in general and loving this new space on the internet. I really enjoy Monday Morning Mark https://markstarlinwrites.substack.com/p/monday-morning-mark-48 and Elle Griffin for her thoughtful interviews and insight into writing https://ellegriffin.substack.com/
Hey all - Ben Miller, I write on mental health, policy, and what we can do about them both.
I am loving the brilliant work of the folks writing at "thesupercurious" https://thesupercurious.substack.com/people/26635593-thesupercurious - they post monthly and I have to say, I learn totally amazing and obscure facts every time. They have an amazing ability to integrate gifs/videos into their posts making it oh so visually appealing aside from the fascinating writing. They thematically group tidbits under each topic e.g. https://thesupercurious.substack.com/p/february2021 Such a fun read that I guarantee you will be sharing with friends.
Hi all! I’m Jason Basa Nemec and I write Ideas Over Drinks: short personal essays paired with cocktail recipes and techniques. The ideas part includes all sorts of things I’m learning about, ranging from parenting (I’m a stay-at-home dad), feminism, antiracism work, and beyond. The drinks portion interrogates and expands upon classic cocktails, with a growing emphasis on non-alcoholic options.
One of my favorite Substack writers is Mandy Len Catron, who writes The Loneliness Project. Though she grapples with what she calls “the existential loneliness of being human,” her essays are some of the most hopeful, wonder-packed writing I have yet to come across in this talent-packed online world. One of my favorites is “Kindness as an antidote to loneliness,” in which she shares what she did when a woman slammed what she called her overuse of the word “like” in an NPR interview. Check it out!
https://mandylencatron.substack.com/p/kindness-as-an-antidote-to-loneliness
Hey there I am evan ratner and write at ratlinks.substack.com - a monthly substack diving into everything being a "thing"
substack I'm digging: net interest - a weekly financial deep dive. This week on Blackstone is a great overview of private equity
Howdy, I'm Scott, author of Ah So Insights. I write about the wine and spirit industry with lessons for anyone interested in business. I take an interdisciplinary approach and explore the alcohol trade's intersection with everything from literature to epidemiology.
I make sure to read every issue of Margot Mazur's The Fizz: https://thefizz.substack.com/ Margot's interview with Gabriela Fontanesi is inspiring and instructive: https://thefizz.substack.com/p/the-fizz-15-gabriela-fontanesi-is
Hello! I'm Maxwell and I write about the world of galleries, museums and art, with a focus on all the latest art and culture-related news, debates and scandals for museum visitors and museum professionals alike. It covers London, the UK and museums around the globe.
I really enjoy Talking Travel Writing https://travelwriting.substack.com/ a publication that demystifies the travel media. It explores timely topics, covering everything from ethics to how you make money. It's a goldmine of good advice!
Hey folks!
My name is Rishikesh and I write a newsletter called 10+1 Things. I curate 11 interesting, offbeat stories finely handpicked from the vast sea of information.
The Latest edition is titled:
Eater’s Manual, Intellectual Orgasm, Melting Glaciers and Stress Journaling
Link: https://rishikesh.substack.com/p/eaters-manual-melting-glaciers-stress-journal
One newsletter which I'm enjoying lately is Design Lobster. Each week design lobster brings the curious world of design into your inbox.
Link: https://designlobster.substack.com/
Thanks Substack team for this wonderful platform!
Thanks!
I’m a rabbi, scholar, poet and coach. Been doing mega philosophy threads I hope to turn into a book : https://mobile.twitter.com/ZoharAtkins/status/1372675033336778755
My two Substacks are whatiscalledthinking.substack.com which has 110 paying subscribers and etzhasadeh.substack.com which has over 1800 readers. The first is on philosophy and culture and the second on the Bible and culture.
I enjoy Slate Star Codex and Ross Douthat (esp. when he writes about film)
Hi I am 14 and am author of a Finance/Stocks📈 Newsletter >>> https://momentousinsights.substack.com/.
Another great substack to subscribe too if you are interested in Finance/Stocks📈is >>> https://cruisingaltitude.substack.com/.
** BONUS TIP** to find other substacks to subscribe too ctrl F search for a keyword such as gardening or stocks or finance to find substacks that will interest you
Here's a few I've been eagerly looking forward to reading every time they land in my inbox:
1. The History Edit: https://historyedit.substack.com -- a lovely and fun newsletter about history; I never know what I'll learn in each issue
2. Parent Data: https://emilyoster.substack.com for all us parents who are bombarded with so much conflicting information every day
3. The Diff: https://diff.substack.com -- one of those newsletters where you open every single link.
Hey yall!
I write a newsletter called Salad Days that serves as a food-inflected and Houston, Texas-accented personal creative outlet for whatever has recently inspired me. Recent topics have included deep dives into topics such as the history of Bundt cake, authenticity and butter chicken, and reviews of my favorite eating and drinking establishments on the east side of Houston.
I am relatively new to the Substack community and to newsletter writing in general, so I am working on honing my (admittedly VERY niche) voice and finding equally personal niche newsletters from like-minded creators.
Looks like I now have a lot of new publications to check out as I scroll through this list, so if I may add one more to the list: Meagan Garvey's SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE (https://scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com/), which I began following after seeing it mentioned in Molly Fischer's story on newsletters in The Cut. I REALLY resonated with the oddly specific Google Maps fueled deep dive on a tiny town in Alaska in her latest edition (https://scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com/p/scary-cool-sad-goodbye-17).
Thanks everyone for sharing your personal newsletters and recommendations - I look forward to finding some new gems out there!
OMG, this is so great! I'm scrolling and salivating over all of the delicious reading I have ahead of me. Big discoveries here! I've wondered how I would find my Substack soulmates and here they are!
I have two Substack newsletters; 'Constant Commoner' is a general blog on life, culture, and politics, and the newer one, 'Writer Everlasting', is all about--you guessed it--writing. I'm still working on discovering other creative writers, but one of my favorites is someone you might not think of as 'creative'. It's Dan Rather.
In his Substack blog, 'Steady', he's a newspaperman, a chronicler, a poet. Every piece is satisfying to me, but I've chosen this piece he wrote for Memorial Day, 2021. I look for resonance in the pieces I choose to read, and Dan Rather never fails to make me think. And show me how it's done.
https://steady.substack.com/p/much-to-memorialize
Hi there - this is Christopher, host of https://marketmadness.substack.com/, for all things finance and economics.
Would love to shout out https://furballfinancial.substack.com/ a great pub on finance topics and How Crypto Gets Hacked.