Personal essays on beauty, philosophy and creativity, often built around close readings of literary works such as Woolf's Orlando and Deleuze's writing on becoming. The newsletter also hosts paid monthly creative practice calls for subscribers.
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A darkly comic, digressive personal essay newsletter by a writer who roams the world and riffs on travel, geopolitics, and cultural myths with sharp, mordant humour. Readers get long, literary dispatches that blend reportage-style observation with absurdist speculation and self-mockery.
Long-form literary essays and criticism from The Paris Review, covering forgotten novels, literary history and contemporary culture. Readers get close readings and cultural analysis rooted in literature and the arts.
Molly Young's personal newsletter mixes essayistic cultural pieces, such as a close look at the vintage Levi's trade and an investigation into extreme tattoo culture, with curated lists like a treasury of book dedications. Readers get witty, observant writing that blends reporting, personal anecdote and literary references.
Personal essays on relationships, thinking, creativity and agency, written from a family life on a Baltic island. Readers get reflective, exploratory writing that works through questions such as why music moves us and how to get unstuck creatively.
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