The Spill is an online magazine publishing first-person stories and interviews from marginalised communities, alongside editorial pieces on books and personal reflection. Readers get a mix of reading recommendations, candid personal essays and profiles of activists and artists working on social and climate justice.
Website: https://www.thespillmag.com/
An independent archive of literary criticism offering close readings of recent novels, with attention to form, narrative structure and the devices authors rely on. Issues include single-book reviews and a critical overview of the Booker shortlist.
Essays on Japanese pop culture by a writer and translator, covering manga, anime, literature and Japan's postwar cultural history. Each issue pairs current events, such as a museum show, a Nobel announcement or an obituary, with historical context and cultural analysis.
A personal essay newsletter reflecting on traditionalist conservatism, Midwestern culture, literature and modern alienation from nature. Issues combine memoir, intellectual history and book reviews, with Bookshop.org and Amazon affiliate links.
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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