A personal newsletter by Melanie Hsieh with reflective essays on reading classics in a community reading group, a trip to Iceland with friends, and observations about what makes friendships enduring. It reads as a diary-like mix of personal anecdote and light literary reflection.
Website: https://melaniehsieh.substack.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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