The Sharpening with Amber Tamblyn | Substack

Introducing The Sharpening

Creative practices for political catharsis.

Apr 6 • Amber Tamblyn

The Sharpening

Draw Your Revolution.

What would your life look like in three panels? On the life and defiant art of Marjane Satrapi

Jun 6 • Amber Tamblyn

INTERVIEW: Poet & Publisher Matthew Zapruder

How to figure out what you REALLY need as a writer and artist, not just what capitalism requires

Jun 3 • Amber Tamblyn and Matthew Zapruder

52:09

What children's letters to the future can teach us about dreaming without apology

May 31 • Amber Tamblyn

Listening in the Dark Archive

Sister Stones and Feeding the Imagination

An empowering, perspective-shifting conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch + some newsletter news.

Mar 4 • Amber Tamblyn

The Only Thing Stronger

On intentional silence, resistance, and coming back to the page.

Feb 13 • Amber Tamblyn

One Brave Word After the Next

On the murder of Renee Nicole Macklin Good and losing a poet to violence.

Jan 10 • Amber Tamblyn

What Takes Shape in the Space That's Left

A quick check in, a hawk in Brooklyn, and a creative writing prompt for your midweek creative slump.

Dec 10, 2025 • Amber Tamblyn

Good Riddance: We Ain't Ready

Michelle Obama's real talk, the end of the Epstein files, and thousands of years of silencing women.

Nov 22, 2025 • Amber Tamblyn