Personal essays and autofiction on sex, desire, family history and young adult relationships, written in a confessional first-person voice. Readers get raw, literary memoir-style writing about intimacy, shame and longing.
Website: https://ivywolk.substack.com
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.
Short weekly personal essays by a church pastor, rooted in the pond, wildlife and weather around a church, each ending in a prayer. They reflect on grace, attention, ecological renewal and community through concrete observation.
A personal essay newsletter of true stories about work, family, faith and life's unplanned turns. Issues blend memoir, humor and reflection, covering topics like volunteering in a prison, a parent's memory care, and a Yom Kippur midrash.
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