Substacks recommended by Esoterica Magazine

Recommended by Esoterica Magazine

Michael’s Substack

By Michael Posner

My personal Substack

George’s Substack

By George F. Walker

My personal Substack

The Book I Want to Write

By Paul Zakrzewski

I focus on the place where urgency meets resistance—what gets in the way of the writing the big, scary things you want to. Plus nonfiction craft, the changing face of publishing, and home of THE BOOK I HAD TO WRITE podcast. Out every Wed.

The Play Typer Guy

By Stephen Robinson

I write about politics, the arts, and something else that interests you.

Wonkette

By Rebecca Schoenkopf

Wonkette is filthy, hilarious, liberal news. YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Jewdicious

By JEWDICIOUS

A tribe of 18 scribes breaking down life's complexities through a Jewish lens. Our writing is inspired by the concept of Tikkun Olam: Doing our part to repair the world!

Perplexed Jew

By Thomas P. Balazs

Questions of faith and meaning posed by a second-generation Holocaust survivor raised as a Christian and now living as a Jew. All footnotes are dedicated to the memory of DFW.

Really thoughtful analysis

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Auraist: picking the best-written books of the month

By Sean

Join 16k subscribers & followers for our picks of the most beautifully written books from US and UK prize shortlists & major reviews, extracts from these picks, & masterclasses by their authors on prose style. Plus The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Substack Writers at Work

By Sarah Fay

The only expert guide to Substack ✦ For those serious about Substack and ready to earn an income, produce your best work, and have the career you want ✦ Home of the Substack Growth Cohort

bacon is the chocolate of meats

By appleton king

"take me to the place i love...take me all the way"---RHCP

5 a.m. Stories

By Robert Basler

Lifelong journalist's stories he can't stop telling himself... Romance, humor and a wide, razzle-dazzle world....

Finally, after months of my cajoling, Bob Basler has agreed to share his words with the world. Don't miss this.

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Kurt Vonnegut Radio

By Gabe Hudson

If Kurt Vonnegut had a podcast, it would sound like this.

When The Going Gets Weird

By Mathew Ingram

Links that interest me -- and maybe you

Highly intelligent and tantalizingly eclectic

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i hate these people

By daisy cashin

Figuring out the universe through some good old loathing and resentment. These are ill-tempered and ill-remembered lovebits from the Shitstorm.

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

For people who do language.

Alec’s Copaganda Newsletter

By Alec Karakatsanis

How the police and the media distract us from what matters.

Thoughtful, well-researched, beautifully articulated. It's important work and we're grateful someone like Alec is doing this.

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Juvenescence

By Leah McLaren

A newsletter about curiosity, writing, the creative unconscious and the tragicomic struggle to live a fully examined life.

Leah insights never fail to strike a deep emotional chord. Always look forward to her posts.

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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.

Unshame

By Jowita Bydlowska

Dealing with shame one post at a time

The Psychedelic Blog

By Andrew M. Weisse

A Weekly Think Piece about the impact of Psychedelics on Grieving, Relationships, Culture, Sex & Death.

Very cerebral and thoughtful take on psychedelics.

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Writing Family Histories

By Sarah Einstein

my writing to recover lost family history, with prompts so you can, too.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

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

Really valuable, no nonsense advice on the publishing industry.

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Emet-Truth

By Howard Lovy

Jewish News and Commentary from Howard Lovy

I Might Be Wrong

By Jeff Maurer

Comedy, politics, and swearing in pretty much equal amounts.

Alphabet Soup

By Etgar Keret

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

One of my favourite writers.

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Life is a Sacred Text

By Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Space to say true things, with ancient stories serving as mirrors and lights. Now living at LifeIsASacredText.com 🌱

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

Always promotes insightful and exceptional writing.

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Meg Pokrass Microfiction Workshops

Meg's upcoming workshops posted here. Paid subscribers will be sent a curated micro story model/prompt per week with exercise, and can post their stories for the community to read (optional). Subscribers receive $10 off of all Meg's solo-taught workshops.

The Beinart Notebook

By Peter Beinart

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

Notes from a Small Press

By Anne Trubek

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Really valuable information for those interested in publishing. I always learn something new.

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Devotaj Sacred Arts

By Ketzirah

Exploring Jewishly-rooted making, mussar, and magick to connect past, present, & possible future(s). Jewitch goodness for Jewish witches and witchy Jews.

Abortion, Every Day

By Jessica Valenti

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

So admire her focus and the depth of the information. We need more journalists to focus on stories that impact women's lives directly.

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SHuSH, by Kenneth Whyte

By ken whyte

The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)

So informative and well-written. It's like a 101 course in non-fiction publishing

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Men Yell at Me

By lyz

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.