Pens and Poison
Substacknewsletter · by Liza Libes · English
Pens and Poison is the literary project of author Liza Libes. Enter a world of literary analyses, cultural critiques, and other hot takes.
- Audience
- 13K subscribers
- Shown publicly on Substack
- Publishing
- Every two weeks
- 5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
- Last post
- Oct 12, 2026
- 18 days ago
- Likely audience
- Literary critics
- Inferred from post content
Pens and Poison is a Substack newsletter by Liza Libes covering Literary criticism, Contemporary literature and Cultural commentary. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 12, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 13K subscribers.
Topics
- Literary criticism
- Contemporary literature
- Cultural commentary
- Poetry analysis
- Nobel Prize in Literature
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