A weekly personal newsletter from a creative entrepreneur and mid-life cancer survivor, sharing excerpts from her memoir, updates on her book and covers, and candid reflections on her treatment. It also gives an inside look at what it takes to make a living from creative work.
Website: https://theresastoryteller.substack.com
Hanif Kureishi writes from his hospital bed and recovery, mixing memoir of 1970s suburban youth with reflections on writing, music, and the people caring for him. The issues offer personal essays with vivid anecdotes and a reflective, literary voice.
Mikal Gilmore's reader-supported Substack series revisits his long-form interviews and essays about musicians and writers, currently covering Anne Rice and Leonard Cohen. Readers get literary-musical portraits built on Gilmore's reporting, personal reflection and close reading of the work.
A serialized, first-person nonfiction story about the author's time accompanying a friend, Brooke, through the end of her life in hospice in 2021, built from recordings and reflection. Issues blend transcribed conversations with personal digressions on death, care and Zen perspective.
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