Author Cheryl Strayed shares personal essays on grief, loss, running and writing, along with occasional author interviews in her 'Tells Us' series. Readers get intimate, candid first-person reflection and literary conversation about craft.
Website: https://cherylstrayed.substack.com
A personal Hungarian-language newsletter of literary essays written as a grief journal, marking the months since a death. Issues blend memoir, reflections on mortality, literature and portraits of public figures such as Gábor Iványi.
Open Secrets publishes first-person personal essays about topics people are usually taught to keep private, such as grief, mental health and difficult relationships. Issues include a mix of humorous and emotional essays, plus a recurring series on objects with personal meaning.
A personal newsletter by a former lawyer turned travel writer, now living with a spinal CSF leak, mixing memoir, reflections on chronic illness and curated reading. Readers get long-form, candid personal essays about loss, health, and life after a career built on travel.
Personal essays and photographs by Pat Castaldo about family, grief, friendship and parenting. Readers get intimate, reflective memoir-style writing rooted in the Pacific Northwest.
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