Richard Jeffrey Newman writes personal reflections on poetry, craft, and his experience as a male survivor of sexual violence, alongside notes on his publications and recommended reading. Readers get thoughtful essays on ekphrastic and trauma poetry plus curated links to other writing.
Website: https://www.richardjnewman.com/
Poems, short essays and reflections from poet David Whyte, often prefaced by notes on how each piece came to be written. Issues also include announcements for his live events and material from his Three Sundays Series.
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.
Theophaneia is a literary and philosophical newsletter with essays on Surrealism, poetry and metaphysics, such as a history of Robert Desnos and a critique of natural selection's metaphysical role. Readers get learned, idiosyncratic long-form writing that draws on poets, philosophers and religious thought.
The Bee is a newsletter of working-class writing, mixing personal essays on reading and life with memoir-style fiction and poetry, including new poems responding to Tony Harrison. Readers get voice-driven pieces that treat class, family and everyday labour with honesty and literary craft.
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