An author-run newsletter offering candid insight into the writing and publishing industry, along with craft lessons, reading recommendations and Q&As. Recent issues cover a publisher's closure and its effect on authors, close readings of book openings, and an ask-me-anything on nonfiction and memoir.
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Hanif Kureishi writes from his hospital bed and recovery, mixing memoir of 1970s suburban youth with reflections on writing, music, and the people caring for him. The issues offer personal essays with vivid anecdotes and a reflective, literary voice.
Dougald Hine's personal letters and essays reflect on stepping away from the promises of modern progress and asking what is worth doing with our time. Recent issues focus on John Berger and Ivan Illich, offering reading recommendations, close readings of Berger's work, and reflections on writing a book.
A weekly newsletter by PhD linguist Colin Gorrie exploring the history of English words, grammar and writing conventions. Issues cover language change, the origins of paragraphs, and guides for learning linguistics.
Etgar Keret, an Israeli author, publishes personal essays, stories and reflections, including travelogue pieces about book events abroad and writing on life in Israel after October 7. Readers get literary, introspective writing with dark humor and moral wrestling with political and emotional turmoil.
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