Substacks recommended by Martha Bayne

Recommended by Martha Bayne

Bookish

By Christine Sneed

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.

Nuts and Bolts from Sonya

By Sonya Huber

Not on brand, but in process.

Entering The Lung

By Neko Case

Who are Nature?

Neko's writing is as thrilling as her singing: she is forever rowdy, righteous, and real

- Martha Bayne

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Oldster is excellent reading for anyone interested in the business of getting older and just being human.

- Martha Bayne

Body Type

By Mikala Jamison

The newsletter for people who think about their bodies a lot, but in a smart way.

Book Post

By Ann Kjellberg

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine LIttle Star

Saccades and Fixations

By Phil Christman

Phil Christman's public notebook--mostly about literature and the other arts, but also, frequently, about theology, politics, teaching writing, and university-related matters from a pro-labor perspective.

Phil is one of my favorite essayists out there; his weekly essays on ... everything, inspire me to do better.

- Martha Bayne

Attitude Adjustment Facility

By Millicent Souris

Our rapidly sluggish decline to the end times, but with humor! and food!

Millicent is my moral compass, and she is also funny af.

- Martha Bayne

radical love letters

By raechel anne jolie

thoughts and feelings on sex, pop/culture, feminism, & radical politics.

How to Move

By Anna Maltby

a body-neutral guide to exercise

Beurrage

By Clare Michaud

essays on life and culture

interruptions

By cameron

a practice "to nurture new flows and at the same time guard against them" in personal experience, esotericism, and literature.

A Writer's Notebook

By Summer Brennan

Home of Essay Camp and The Book Supplement.

well, actually

By Jacqui Shine // Well

cultural criticism, historical deep dives, & flights of pop culture fancy—with footnotes

We Are All Made of Stars with Gina Jacobson

By Gina Jacobson with We Are All Made of Stars

Learning how to live while trying not to die

Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth

By Eiren Caffall

Lyrical dispatches from the apocalypse.

I love reading Eiren Caffall's lyrical reports from the apocalypse, she's got such a deft, elegant way of twinning close reads of the climate crisis and her own personal history.

- Martha Bayne

Notes from a Small Press

By Anne Trubek

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Real talk about publishing!

- Martha Bayne

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Find me at https://erinkeane.beehiiv.com/

Range of Motion

Recommended by Martha Bayne