Undertrees is a personal newsletter mixing writing-process notes, such as a planned November novel and apocalypse fiction, with local history pieces on Sacramento's Theater Company ghost stories and Japanese-American history in Monterey County. Readers get a blend of creative-writing diary entries and well-sourced regional history with some folkloric flavour.
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A weekly newsletter by PhD linguist Colin Gorrie exploring the history of English words, grammar and writing conventions. Issues cover language change, the origins of paragraphs, and guides for learning linguistics.
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.
Michael Lopp (Rands) writes personal, reflective essays on leadership, writing, and a career in tech. Issues combine anecdotes from his time at companies like Pinterest and Riot Games with lessons on creating, speaking, and managing people.
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