Substacks recommended by Sara Campbell

Recommended by Sara Campbell

Magic and wonder. Good versus evil. Adventures and dreams. Suspenseful mysteries, scary stories. Hard challenges and majestic quests. Love and loss, and lots of kindness. Fun and laughter. The golden rule above all.

the ungated life

By rob hardy

adventures in the art of self-renewal

For those of you creating stuff that lives on the internet and making (or hoping to make) a business out of it without being a d-bag, I cannot recommend Rob's work enough.

- Sara Campbell

Angel City Zen Center Weekly

A weekly roundup of content, news, and events from your favorite local zendo

Listen to great dharma talks and hear about the goings on at Angel City Zen Center, my beloved Zen Buddhist sangha.

- Sara Campbell

I Might Could Do That!

By Christine Nishiyama

Illustrated essays from an artist (and mom and human) on living the creative life. Currently: making comics about IVF and a picture book about jellyfish.

Submission Sunday

By Chris Daley

Eight curated literary submission opportunities every other Sunday for all genres.

Are you writing things? Get them published! So excited Chris Daley's excellent roundup is back.

- Sara Campbell

Solvitur Ambulando

By Russell Smith

Take a beautiful walk today.

Kevin Morby's Fam Club

All things Kev Mo

CoAuthored

By Foster

The community-powered Substack of Foster, where we are devoted to the practice of writing for its own sake.

Italics Mine

By Edan Lepucki

The life a novelist/mother in Los Angeles.

A weekly photo essay

"Like one big group text with other guys fumbling their way through fatherhood." — Esquire

Mandatory reading for anyone trying to be a good dad. Nothing else like it.

- Sara Campbell

Framer

By Agnes

A newsletter that offers re-frames so that we can imagine other realities.

Agnes is thinking deeply about what's going on and giving us different ways to see things. I always learn something from her dispatches.

- Sara Campbell

Situation Normal

By Michael Estrin

Stories for people who enjoy humor with a side of humanity and a dash of insight

It's a deeply absurd world we live in, and Michael Estrin is writing about it.

- Sara Campbell

Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble

By Lyle McKeany

Personal, vulnerable, and sometimes funny essays from a husband, father, and disability advocate, delivered whatever days he wants at exactly 8:08 am PT.

Lyle writes heartfelt stories about dad life, work life, life life.

- Sara Campbell

Stew's Letter

By Stew Fortier

A thought-provoking email for people short on time.

Stew is funny and never fails to make me see things from a different perspective.

- Sara Campbell

Subtle Maneuvers

By Mason Currey

A fortnightly newsletter on routines, rituals, and wriggling through a creative life, from the author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Are you a tortured artist or do you just like tortured artist shit? Mason's newsletter is for you.

- Sara Campbell

Drawing Links

By Edith Zimmerman

Slice-of-life comics by Edith Zimmerman.

Edith's comics make me both laugh and think. A truly delightful combination.

- Sara Campbell

Cruel Summer Book Club

By Jillian Anthony

A newsletter (and podcast) about making space for your art and yourself. Personal essays and supportive links for living well.

Jillian's been writing a great newsletter for years but has really come into her own in curating amazing resources for creation and expression. Always a helpful and inspiring read.

- Sara Campbell

An Irritable Métis

By Chris La Tray

Email newsletter from Chris La Tray, member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, author of "Becoming Little Shell" from Milkweed Editions (8/20/2024), and 2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate.

Always poignant, always passionate, often, yes, irritable. Never change, Chris La Tray.

- Sara Campbell

Deep Fix

By Alex Olshonsky

Exploring what breaks us apart and our unbroken wholeness. Through psychology, spirituality, and cultural analysis, I investigate our deeper nature and how we birth new possibilities

Alex is exploring big questions with a lens that manages to be both expansive and pragmatic.

- Sara Campbell