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Recommended by Thomas Pluck

This must be the place! It's a beautiful world and these writers and artists will inspire you with their love of our only home.

A Word About...

By Benjamin Dreyer

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

Under The Influence

By Ray Banks

Mainlining cinema from 1966-1980.

Great deep dives into lesser-known films.

- Thomas Pluck

Nature Moments

By Sydney Michalski

weekly moments of nature connection: photography + stories to inspire you to be curious, be amazed, and then do it again!

Utopian Futures

By Lee Soeburn

Optimistic spins on current events. What is possible. Imagining better futures than the nightmare scenarios predominantly on offer.

To hope for a better future, it helps to imagine one first. This substack may help!

- Thomas Pluck

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases originated via links to Amazon products in my Substack posts.

A daily typewritten delight.

- Thomas Pluck

Laura Erickson's For the Birds

Laura's birding blog—usually a fleshed-out transcript of my radio program/podcast, with photos.

Release McCracken

By Elizabeth McCracken

Occasional notes from Elizabeth McCracken

Easy By Nature

By Bill Davison

Exploration and insights into re-wilding your yard, neighborhood, and spirit.

A wonderful nature newsletter.

- Thomas Pluck

Mister Slang

By Jonathon GREEN

The world of anglophone slang

The Sultan of Slang is now on Substack. Always a delight to read, whether you're a lover of language or not. If he were French, I'd say he serves up the esc-argot....

- Thomas Pluck

Ryan's Corner

By Ryan Blakeley

A monthly newsletter on zoology and animal behavior.

An interesting read every month!

- Thomas Pluck

Planet Carnival

Exploring The Tradition and customs of the annual bacchanal

A scholar of Carnival across the world, I always learn something new from his articles.

- Thomas Pluck

True Crime Report

By Steve Huff

True Crime, most of the time.

Steve Huff writes about crime with grit and pathos.

- Thomas Pluck

Joyce Carol Oates: A Writer's Journal

On writing, living with cats, being a widow, movies, running, my current workshops & what we are reading, books, comedy, nature, gardening, friendship, more.

Writing chat by one of our greatest living writers.

- Thomas Pluck

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

One of my favorite essayists, living life brilliantly.

- Thomas Pluck

To Vegetables, With Love

By Hetty Lui McKinnon

A vegetable life less ordinary, with Hetty Lui McKinnon

Veggies you'll crave.

- Thomas Pluck

Therapy for Social Change

By Rebecca Hyman

Tools and strategies to heal the self and join with others to free the world from systemic violence and oppression

Great and thoughtful reading.

- Thomas Pluck

Animation Obsessive

Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt.

The Ariadne Archive

By Freya Rohn

Finding the threads that lead out of the labyrinth.

PASEANDO MTB

By James Murren

Mountain Biking and Indie Beer newsletter by award-winning writer/mountain biking journalist, James Murren. PASEANDO MTB is 100% reader-supported, making it ad-free and with no sponsors.

WanderFinder

By Hannah

Nature & misadventure. Join me here or on Instagram @WanderFinderLust. Views are my own.

A great weekly read about travel, nature, birdwatching, and more.

- Thomas Pluck

sara by the season

By Sara

a little bit of everything, but seasonal of course

Beautiful and smart writing about our place in nature, and more.

- Thomas Pluck

On the Commons

By Antonia Malchik

A newsletter about ownership, property, and what we lose in the privatization of the commons.

The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

By Emily Nunn

Step into our salad laboratory. We got your leafy greens, your grains, your veg, and protein. Plus: salady guests, salady books & recipes, recipes, recipes 🥗

Amazing recipes and great writing.

- Thomas Pluck

Letters of Note

By Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

Always a delight!

- Thomas Pluck

Field Notes

By Christopher Brown

Reports from the edgelands

Fascinating explorations of the urban wilds and much more.

- Thomas Pluck

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

The only political newsletter I read.

- Thomas Pluck

Lynchline: The Scott Lynch Newsletter

By Scott Lynch

Commentary on fantasy, science fiction, pop culture, games, and the craft of storytelling from an internationally best-selling fantasy author.

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.

Little Shell poet and teacher, always enlightening.

- Thomas Pluck