Heather Havrilesky answers reader letters about family, friendship, guilt and ambivalence, mixing personal essay with advice. Paid subscribers get one or two long-form columns per week, each opening with a work of art.

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.

A personal essay newsletter of memoir-style dispatches from a writer in his late fifties, covering sleepwalking, clearing out his old house, and a philosophy of 'enough'. Readers get wry, reflective storytelling about memory, family, aging and everyday absurdity.

Personal essays by a Mexican-born software engineer in Minnesota covering immigration, family history, parenthood, and work in the age of AI. Includes updates on building a side product and reflections on life beyond employment, with occasional Spanish.