Substacks recommended by Wonderings with Laura Munson

Recommended by Wonderings with Laura Munson

For a lesson in taking your time to do a task with care, consider the spider.

Because Julie Metz is a wise, zero BS, writer who doesn't need to be wise. Which is why I trust her, read her, and recommend her.

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Lee Woodruff

Speaker-Author-Executive Media Trainer

Lee is a keeper and spreader of light and love. And she's freaking hilarious, too. A true sister in words.

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Modern Mammaling

By Molly Caro May

exploring how to stay connected to our most elemental selves in a world changing faster that anyone can metabolize (if you dig story and nervous system, join us!)

Because Molly May is a kindred author who says things that I mean to say, but haven't thought to say. I learn from her every time I read her.

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Writerly Things with Brooke Warner

I am an author advocate, publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, book industry insider, and champion to writers who show up to the page because they must.

Because this editor, publisher, and author's advocate is holding the torch and she's lighting important pathways to the next cherished book on your bedside table!

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Zibby's Highlights

By Zibby Owens

I tell it like it is. My mission in my writing and in my literary media company is to deepen the connections between readers, writers, and each other. I do so, in part, by sharing my own thoughts openly and authentically. You'll get all of that here.

Best American Essays Newsletter

By Best American Essays Editor

A digital newsletter featuring updates about the Best American Essays series, essays about the essay, interviews, reviews, and more.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Kill Your Darlings

By Paul Bogaards

Updates and stories from the frontiers of book publishing.

Sherman Alexie

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

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

This is the home of two newsletters. Paid subscribers get Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter monthly, plus her free newsletter several times a year, which includes her "Tells Us" author series. Free subscribers get everything but the monthly Dear Sugar Letter.

On the Commons

By Antonia Malchik

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

#AmWriting

By The #AmWriting Podcast

Free weekly podcasts, essays & community. KJ Dell'Antonia, Jess Lahey, Sarina Bowen & Jennie Nash on writing, thinking about writing and getting the work done.