Substacks recommended by Vincenzo Barney

Recommended by Vincenzo Barney

Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis

Weekly philosophy essays

The torch of the late great Hitch — only his best lights, too.

- Vincenzo Barney

W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List

By Seth

Long-form literary analysis and review

If you're not reading Pynchon you should be reading the Pynchon-influenced, better say, the Pynchfluenced. Great Substack!

- Vincenzo Barney

FrizzLit

By Christopher Frizzelle

Exploring literature and art together.

Lit with the Frizz — brilliant analysis, interviews and reading groups.

- Vincenzo Barney

Slow Players

By Matthew Specktor

Better Late Than Ever

Beautiful writing and odes to the very joy of reading.

- Vincenzo Barney

X's Audrey Horne

I'm an acquired taste. If you don't like me, acquire some taste!

Terrific and terrifically funny. Acquire a taste for her immediately.

- Vincenzo Barney

Mette Maria van Dijk

Young writer and emotional visionary

Ladyparts

By Deborah Copaken

The unvarnished, naked truth about living, working, loving, moving, and surviving in a woman’s body. Winner of the 2025 Webby Award for Best Independent Publisher and two-time 2026 Webby Award Nominee for the same category plus Best Writing.

Joyously important writing.

- Vincenzo Barney

Pseudo Reality Prevails

By Benjamin Anastas

A Substack about books, culture and politics--with a heavy dose of Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities. Work by Benjamin Anastas and others.

Great musings on Musil.

- Vincenzo Barney

Quality Lit Game

A podcast co-hosted by Christian Lorentzen, Clementine Ford, and Vincenzo Barney.

BTZ Periodical

By Beyond The Zero Podcast

book news, short fiction, reviews and much more.

Keep abreast of the latest and greatest novels and publications with the brilliant Pynchon-inspired Beyond the Zero.

- Vincenzo Barney