Jim Foti's personal essay newsletter offers short reflective pieces on daily life, culture, and politics in Minnesota and beyond, mixing observations about places and people with pointed commentary on wealth and civic life. Readers get warm, literate vignettes that move from small moments to broader reflections on community and change.
Website: https://www.fiddlingwhileitburns.com/
A personal newsletter of reflective essays by an avalanche forecaster, covering mentorship, risk, rescue stories and the human side of working in snow and mountain safety. Issues range from longer meditations to brief seasonal notes and shared films.
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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