Recommended by Judith Solberg
We will be dead soon, better read now. And what better way to start (or continue, I don't know your life or reading habits) than with a tiny morsel delivered to your inbox every week. I sneak in with one recommendation, along with a film and song pairing.
bookcrumbs gives you a quick hit and some lasting impressions; tantalizing enough to make you curious about each book (and film, and music).
A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things.
Cartoonist Liana Finck is on other platforms, but her Substack gives space for her to riff on a theme (like, say, early motherhood) in ways that bring home her message pretty hard.
We examine life's questions through the lens of what we are reading and writing. You'll find essays, stories, book recs, interviews, and resources for readers and writers. Let's talk!
Elizabeth Marro is creating community with insights on writers, writing, and creativity. For artists who frequently work in isolation, this is your window in!
Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)
Heather Havrilesky has been #writinggoals for ages, but there's something raw and beautiful about her Substack pieces that speak right to my heart.