Amanda Fortini's personal essay newsletter, written from the field, covering domestic upheaval, the ordinary strangeness of travel and possessions, and small observed moments. Issues are literary memoir pieces rather than news or how-to content.
Website: https://amandafortini.substack.com
A serialized, first-person nonfiction story about the author's time accompanying a friend, Brooke, through the end of her life in hospice in 2021, built from recordings and reflection. Issues blend transcribed conversations with personal digressions on death, care and Zen perspective.
Personal essays by a former translator and editor of channeled spiritual material, reflecting on his years in a spiritual group and how he came to see them differently. Each issue pairs a concrete memory or anecdote with reflection on belief, memory and persuasion.
A weekly personal letter of lyrical, fragmentary prose drawing on the author's daily life, work at a bike shop, home, and the places she visits. Readers get observational, intimate essays plus occasional notes on readings and literary events.
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