Substacks recommended by Judith Hannah Weiss

Recommended by Judith Hannah Weiss

notes on bewilderment

By nick flynn

a chance to work through some ideas about the creative process.

Paper Films

By Erik Winkowski

Handmade experiments in books and animation.

What Comes Next?

By Abigail Thomas

Something odd will cross my mind, or a memory will catch me off guard, or my monkey mind will swing from the ceiling fan, or a tiny ant will crawl up the bookcase next to my chair. Then I get curious and curiosity is the first step in an unknown direction

Because she is brilliant. There is no one like Abigail Thomas.

- Judith Hannah Weiss

Home of Truth

I'm an MD who writes globally-inspired recipes and food matters; Boston Globe, Nat Geo, Globe and Mail; what you wish your family MD had time to tell you to eat for long life and raise healthy kids;

You Don't Look 70

By Barbara C. Zeiger

Join me as I relive and reconcile the personal experiences and public events of the past 70 years. A new lexicon. Nostalgia for old TV shows and commercials. Evolving technology. How many wonders I've experienced. How many more are yet to be.

The Next Write Thing

By Nan Tepper

Essays about my dysfunctional family and my often fabulous gay father, coming out as a writer, depression, working a 12-Step program for recovery from disordered thinking and eating. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's sad. It's all me.

A Psychiatrist Returns from War

By Russell Carr

A retired U.S. Navy psychiatrist shares how he developed PTSD during twenty years of service and how he's found his way back home.

Writer, interrupted

By Mary Roblyn

Life happens. We get interrupted. When my husband died, grief opened my heart. Writing, like grieving, is an act of love. Interruptions are not forever. I'm writing again. Join me! A Substack Featured Publication.

Come As You Are

By Ally Hamilton

How much do childhood wounds shape who we become? What does it mean to heal? How can you be a deeply feeling person in this world and not lose your mind? We'll get into all of that and more. Thanks for spending some time with me.

Don't Make Me Stop This Car!

By Chris J. Rice

I grew up in a car. On the road with Mama and her carload of kids. It took everything I had to leave. Leaving made me who I am.

This is searing. Check it out.

- Judith Hannah Weiss

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

[B]OLD AGE with Debbie Weil

Sharing what it's really like to get old, from the blessings to the bullshit.

Well worth your time.

- Judith Hannah Weiss

Sub Club

Submission opportunities for creative and professional writers delivered to your inbox weekly.

StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz

By Junot Díaz

“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

He is a brilliant writer.

- Judith Hannah Weiss

Harper’s Magazine

The free, weekly features of America’s oldest general-interest monthly.

David Whyte

Poems, essays and commentaries as well as insights from my Three Sundays Series.

Amazement Seeker

By Rona Maynard

Celebrating discovery in art, writing and the moment as it flies

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

Joyce Wadler

An occasional humor column, much like the one I did at The New York Times, which was called "I Was Misinformed". But now, the only gatekeeper is me. I hear I will let me get away with anything.

She's a very GOOD writer.

- Judith Hannah Weiss

Are You Okay?

By Dr. Lucy McBride

Straight talk & evidence-based guidance to manage mental & physical health in tandem

Dr. McBride is brilliant, kind, and one-of-a-kind.

- Judith Hannah Weiss

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Further to Fly

By Lesley Riley

Art + Wisdom + Aging

For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

A Considerable Age

By Alice Goldbloom

Always searching for a bit of light. Widely authentic stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday morning are my small contribution.

A Gathering of Spirits

By Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer's music, poetry and commentary on art, spirit and life.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Examined

By Ryan McCormick

Vital and overlooked ideas your family doctor might share - if only we had more time.

Theatrewise

By Ruth Leon

What to watch in the arts online

Entering The Lung

By Neko Case

Who are Nature?

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

The EndGame

By Don Akchin

Aging with purpose and joy. The EndGame is an inquisitive, empathetic, and humorous exploration of all aspects of age, for those who are not ready to fade away.

Writing & Roaming

By Susan Weis-Bohlen

I write and I roam, around town and around the world. Literally, on trips and at events. Join me!

How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

By Val Monroe

philosophical and practical advice for anyone who's ever looked into a mirror

Gathering

By River Selby (they/them)

A gathering space for the neurodivergent, the chronically ill, the queers and the outcasts. Personal essays and writing about writing. Inspiration and encouragement.

The Querent

By Alexander Chee

The person asking a question at the beginning of a Tarot card reading. Or, a newsletter project by Alexander Chee.

How to Glow in the Dark

By Neon Literary

Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.

Spark

By Elizabeth Marro

We examine life's questions through the lens of what we are reading and writing. You'll find essays, stories, book recs, interviews, and resources for readers and writers. Let's talk!

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

Dispatch from Bewilderness

Recommended by Judith Hannah Weiss