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Substacklast post Jul 18, 2026

From recent posts: L'Avventura publishes personal essays and travel memoirs focused on cultural adaptation, language learning, and the intersection of hospitality and sustainable tourism in Italy and Berlin. The publication targets expats…

Likely audience: Travel enthusiasts

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 16 days ago

From recent posts: Life's Toolbox publishes a rotating mix of personal memoirs, family anecdotes, and home gardening guides focused on grief, community, and resilience. The publication targets readers seeking intimate reflections on daily…

Likely audience: People grieving recent losses

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 15 days ago

From recent posts: A personal essay publication focused on parenting children with disabilities, particularly Down syndrome. It features first-person narratives on disability rights, independent living, education, and representation in…

Likely audience: Parents of children with disabilities

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 12 days ago

From recent posts: Cutting It publishes personal essays and reported pieces that examine the intersections of medicine, writing, and identity. Its content spans surgical ethics and career transitions to hormone therapy and creative…

Likely audience: Medical professionals

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 10 days ago

¯`•.¸¸.•U N D E R D O G P O P DOT COM ¸¸.•¨¯`•. Michael Angelakos is Passion Pit DOB: 19 May 1987 23:56 PM, New Brunswick. NJ. Descendent of George Wishart. Lil cray. At times, v cray. Takes lithium, not bs.

Likely audience: music listeners

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 26 days ago

From recent posts: Persona Non Propria publishes personal essays and short fiction that examine everyday social dynamics, family relationships, and transportation preferences. Recent issues mix personal narrative with brief fictional…

Likely audience: writers and memoirists

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 10 days ago

From recent posts: This newsletter publishes health-focused essays and medical commentary from Dr. Vliet and contributors, covering topics such as mindfulness and spirituality, leptin signaling and joint health, and controversies in DCIS…

Likely audience: Individuals seeking mindfulness and spiritual growth

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SubstackWeekly · last post 9 days ago

From recent posts: Beyond the Pale publishes personal essays, letters, and interviews on family, aging, grief, creative writing, music, and fitness. It is for readers of first-person narrative and literary reflection.

Likely audience: writers and poets

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SubstackWeekly · last post 13 days ago

Likely audience: Christian readers interested in Bible study

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SubstackWeekly · last post 12 days ago

Raw Reflections from the Road—and Home Caregiving, travel, aging, and forgiveness—told with raw honesty and a touch of humor. Emmy-winning filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum shares life with her 102-year-old mother…

Likely audience: adult children of aging parents

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 17 days ago

Author Life. Pips 'n' all. 🍋

Likely audience: parents of teenagers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 22 days ago

Making my daydreams into literature.

Likely audience: individuals experiencing grief

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 15 days ago

In bilico tra il lavoro da freelance e la vita da scrittrice. David Foster Wallace diceva che la letteratura si occupa di cosa voglia dire essere un essere umano. Cerco di rispondere a questa domanda collezionando…

Likely audience: fiction readers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 10 days ago

Herein lies my thoughts & feelings ⬇️

Likely audience: general readers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 54 days ago

Reflections by Sabine Wilms, PhD, on island life on a little homestead in the Pacific Northwest, inspired by her background in ancient Chinese philosophy, religion, and medicine.

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 58 days ago

From recent posts: Writing Our Lives publishes personal essays on grief, family, and gender-based violence alongside seasonal online writing workshops. It serves writers and readers interested in memoir, healing, and creative writing…

Likely audience: writers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 6 days ago

Diaristic tendencies of an untethered mind.

Likely audience: Substack subscribers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 8 days ago

Transformative Healing Arts

Likely audience: Poetry enthusiasts

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SubstackWeekly · last post 6 days ago

The flagship publication from Kelly Storms, exploring the people, moments, and meaning found in ordinary life. A new Conversation every Sunday, with The Monthly Return for paid readers.

Likely audience: Family-oriented readers

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SubstackWeekly · last post 7 days ago

Memoir, nature and slightly unhinged commentary from the undergrowth. I write on love, loss, family, home, bad decisions, questionable food choices and the difficult business of trying to live a little more wildly.

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 10 days ago

From recent posts: marieangele publishes personal essays and monthly digital garden updates that blend Christian faith, grief, and everyday lifestyle topics like seasonal routines and media consumption. It is written for readers…

Likely audience: individuals processing grief

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 18 days ago

Book clubs, travel, and what I'm reading — from the owner of Meander Bookshop, Paducah Kentucky's newest independent bookstore.

Likely audience: book lovers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 49 days ago

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackWeekly · last post 14 days ago

From recent posts: A personal narrative publication following protagonists navigating family dynamics, wealth, and identity through first-person storytelling. Recent issues examine marriage strained by family pressure and extravagant…

Likely audience: women's fiction readers

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