Composer Matthew Carey documents his process of writing a musical about Salvador Dalí, including drafting a song, narrowing the show's scope after talking with a director friend, and reflecting on a former collaborator's work. Readers get an honest, personal account of the creative doubts and small breakthroughs involved in writing a show.
Website: https://www.matthewcarey.com/
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.
Cetera Magazine publishes short literary fiction, with each issue offering a self-contained story of unusual emotional and psychological depth. Readers get immersive, carefully crafted narratives about grief, illness, childhood friendship and memory.
A personal newsletter of reflective essays, poems and album announcements by Kristin Lueke, drawing on daily life in New Mexico with her dogs, garden and rain barrel. Readers get intimate, lyrical writing about presence, grief, patience and small rituals rather than news or advice.
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