Matt Civico shares short personal picks from literature, essays and poetry, such as Kurt Vonnegut interview excerpts, Wendell Berry's poem "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" and a Clare Coffey essay on Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen. Each issue pairs the recommended piece with brief, enthusiastic commentary and sometimes a playlist.
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Matt Alt's newsletter offers essays on Japanese pop culture, from manga's status as art to Haruki Murakami's Nobel hopes and the history of Japan's first man in space. Readers get well-researched cultural history and sharp commentary on how Japan's postwar and bubble-era trends shaped global pop culture.
A personal essay newsletter reflecting on traditionalist conservatism, Midwestern culture, literature and modern alienation from nature. Issues combine memoir, intellectual history and book reviews, with Bookshop.org and Amazon affiliate links.
Etgar Keret shares personal essays, stories and reflections, from humorous anecdotes about author tours to searching pieces on life in Israel after October 7. Readers get first-person literary writing that mixes absurdist humor with moral and political introspection.
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