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Recommended by Junot Díaz

Literary travel writing on everywhere, and nowhere

The Heresy Press newsletter offers a mix of straightforward news about Heresy Press, reflections on the larger publishing world, and original writing by today’s outspoken voices

Heresy Press rocks and their mission is simple: to save us from ourselves.

- Junot Díaz

The Unplugged Traveler

By Lisa Abend

Putting the serendipity back in travel, one offline trip at a time

Drop Site News

Independent news on politics and war

KILLING EVE

By Luke Jennings

Official Substack of Killing Eve creator Luke Jennings. Subscribers get weekly instalments of new Killing Eve adventures. Paid subscribers get exclusive access to bonus and behind-the-scenes material.

Luke Jennings is everything you need in an artist, in a writer.

- Junot Díaz

Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde

By Alma Katsu Books

News letter of novelist Alma Katsu, who writes both horror and spy novels. Insights on writing and what it's like to be an author from a former intelligence analyst

Alma Katsu is everything! So excited to see her on substack! Cannot stress how much I love her work--THE DEEP (for example) followed me across 12 time zones.

- Junot Díaz

Silverarm

By Joel Hines

Old School Influenced RPG Material Since 2021

Last Stop Corbenic

By Lev Grossman

A newsletter about books and writing and sometimes King Arthur

Lev Grossman is an inspiration. Plus his fiction rocks bells.

- Junot Díaz

Screaming Inside

By Jordan Stephens

Screams and ramblings on love, identity, culture and the absurdity of existence.

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

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anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Subscribe now to get my FREE 7-day email course, Substack Launchpad.

Hidden Japan

By Leon

Understand the Japanese Psyche with a local English speaker's perspective

Row (i.e. argument)

By Jess Row

Book news, excerpts, and new writing from Jess Row

Hold Nothing

By Elena Brower

Dedicated to practice, study and listening.

Dispatch from Bewilderness (Proudly Niche since 2006)

By Judith Hannah Weiss

Nominated for Best American Essay and Pushcart Prize. Proudly niche since 2006. Faith, hope, grit and wit, in posts of 2 minutes or less. Subscribe FREE as long as Substack allows. No cost. No risk. No obligation.

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Dwell by Andrew Boryga

Reflections on writing, creativity, and insights I’ve learned from the recent publication of my debut novel.

Solaris

By Jorge Carrión

La newsletter que nació de un podcast. Con un microensayo, cinco recomendaciones y links a las novedades de Jorge Carrión, cada segundo y cuarto domingo de mes en tu email.

Nicole’s Newsletter

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Temple Of The Beloved

By Elizabeth DiAlto

Temple Of The Beloved is devotional writing for collective healing and liberation that weaves mystical and erotic wisdom with spiritual practice.

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.

Kureishi = the complexity of our colonial world sung in the range of the most important heartbreak of your life

- Junot Díaz

Castalia

By Sam Kahn

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

Arbiter of Worlds

By Alexander Macris

Designing games, running RPGs, and building worlds

Yer Pal Skipp

By John Skipp

NOTES ON HUMAN BEINGNESS, ART-O-TAINMENT, AND A CREATIVE LIFE WORTH LIVING

Grew up on John Skipp and it seems nothing's changed.

- Junot Díaz

Joyce Carol Oates: A Writer's Journal

On writing, living with cats, being a widow, movies, running, my current workshops & what we are reading, books, art, comedy, nature, gardening, friendship, more.

Joyce Carol Oates on substack? Now that's a gift- for real.

- Junot Díaz

Tim Lott's Writing Boot Camp & Philosophy Jam

A novelist's guide to writing fiction and memoir. Essays about current affairs and life in general. Comment, debate, and occasional philosophy posts.

All the truth, all the wisdom in one place.

- Junot Díaz

The Chris Hedges Report

By Chris Hedges

Covering US foreign policy, economic realities, and civil liberties in American society.

Missives from the MeatCastle

By Christian Sorrell

Tabletop roleplaying game thoughts, experiments, and pseudo-reviews from Christian Sorrell

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

A real one. Plus: my old friend and former colleague at Syracuse.

- Junot Díaz

Anodyne Direct

By Ian Yusem

Sharing sneak peeks at upcoming Anodyne projects and TTRPG industry knowledge.

Sophia

Head of Writer Relations @Substack

Because she got all the gifts.

- Junot Díaz

Culture Fries by Touré

By Toure

Fun bites about culture by Touré. Independent cultural journalism. Constant essays about culture.

Touré is never to be missed, for any reason, in any season. Ultrabrilliante.

- Junot Díaz

Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

Sherman Alexie

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

Because Sherman Alexie is always the absolute best. .

- Junot Díaz

Love Story

By Laura McKowen

Your life is a love story, just not the kind you think. An honest look at relationships, recovery, and writing from the bestselling author of We Are The Luckiest and Push Off from Here.

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

One of the most important thinkers for surviving our Age of Unfreedom. Snyder is simply essential.

- Junot Díaz

Real Gaijin

By Mark Kennedy

Unveiling the Real Japan: An American Expat's Inside Look | Hot takes, commentary, and unfiltered insights on life as a foreigner in Japan.

Film Daze

A newsletter uplifting the unheard and underrepresented voices of the film community. Voicing our perspectives on visual media (both film and TV), we seek to challenge the reader’s expectations of what media can convey – past and present.

Draw is Life with Mike Hawthorne

By Mikehawthorneart Newsletter

I preach the gospel of drawing. I also make cool comics and art-related stuff for you to check out. It's cool. You like cool comic and art stuff, right? Of course you do.