Threadings. is an essay newsletter by Ismatu Gwendolyn that uses wordplay on the word thread and the author's own name and heritage to frame a project about reshaping the engineered world. The sampled issue is an artist statement that defines key terms and introduces the author's background in poetry, photography and scholarship.
Website: https://www.threadings.io/
Chris Arnade writes essays and photo dispatches from long walks, mostly through America and abroad, mixing reportage with reflection on books and ideas. Recent issues cover de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, the history of the integrated circuit, and updates on his health and travel plans.
Personal essays on rural life in southern New Hampshire, drawing on the seasons, woods, ponds and memory. Each issue is a reflective piece on topics like a 50th high school reunion, autumn at the pond and an abandoned canoe.
Long-form essays on basketball's emotional and cultural side, mixing personal narrative with player and team writing, plus guest contributors and a podcast. Recent issues cover Bay Area Valkyries fandom, Joel Embiid's injury-shadowed career, and a guest-written NBA season preview told through individual athletes.
Short personal essays in flash nonfiction form, each a few hundred words, drawing on memoir, family history and small sensory moments. The writing is literary and reflective, mixing close observation with wry self-awareness.
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