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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 36 days ago

From recent posts: Letters from a Muslim Woman publishes personal essays, memoir reflections, and cultural commentary on topics ranging from the Gaza conflict to nature encounters and family nostalgia. The publication features a mix of…

Likely audience: Personal essay writers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 8 days ago

From recent posts: Innerverse publishes a rotating mix of personal essays, poetry, and cultural commentary on themes like grief, identity, and career burnout. The content is written in a reflective, first-person style and is intended for…

Likely audience: people experiencing grief or loss

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 14 days ago

Likely audience: memoir writers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 8 days ago

Some may call us crazy for holding onto hope. Crazy awesome is more like it! Let's do brave & creative things and make the world more beautiful.

Likely audience: music fans

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SubstackWeekly · last post 11 days ago

From recent posts: Love Anyway publishes personal essays, memoir promotion, and cultural commentary by author Sarah Hepola, covering topics like dating, grief, music, and 1970s history. It also advertises paid writing workshops and a free…

Likely audience: memoir readers

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SubstackWeekly · last post 7 days ago

From recent posts: Girl Gone Wild publishes memoir-focused essays and author interviews about coming-of-age, creative careers, and publishing, alongside promotional links for writing seminars. It targets writers and readers interested in…

Likely audience: creative professionals

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 11 days ago

after 24 years of marriage, I untangled myself from a role I’d mistaken for an identity. writing about desire, relationships, midlife, and what happens when we trust what makes us feel alive more than the rules we never…

Likely audience: paid newsletter subscribers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 4 days ago

This is where 'what if' questions become poems, stories, and experiments. Serialized dystopian fiction and middle-grade magical realism, really weird short stories, feminist poems and sometimes angry songs, sarcastic…

Likely audience: Poetry enthusiasts

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SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago

Words for (chaotic) good. 🦜

Likely audience: Parents dealing with loss

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 23 days ago

Finding people, places, and things that make me slightly happier

Likely audience: authors and memoirists

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Aug 29, 2026

A newsletter on dating and design.

Likely audience: personal essay readers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 22 days ago

My corner of the internet: part life lessons, part laughs, always real. Stick around—who knows what we'll discover together!

Likely audience: people experiencing grief

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Substacklast post Aug 9, 2026

I'm talking about how personally transformative writing is while ALSO getting irreverent about all the things in a writers way. Writing is a team sport and the best way to support this bench, is by telling stories from…

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackWeekly · last post 2 days ago

A guide to the creators and stories shaping culture

Likely audience: newsletter readers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post yesterday

From recent posts: Postcards by Hasif publishes essays on mental health, existential philosophy, and the psychology of productivity for an audience seeking introspection on modern life. The publication consistently blends personal…

Likely audience: newsletter subscribers

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Substacklast post Aug 2, 2026

Welcome to Cheryl Strayed's newsletter. Everything is free right now. The paid "Dear Sugar" newsletter is on a long-time hiatus.

Likely audience: Mental health advocates

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 10 days ago

From recent posts: Five Things I've Learned publishes live and on-demand classes where writers, artists, and journalists share practical lessons from their careers. It is aimed at readers interested in writing craft, creative process, and…

Likely audience: writers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 10 days ago

From recent posts: Oldster Magazine publishes weekly link roundups, personal essays, interviews, and podcast episodes centered on aging, culture, literature, and health for its readership. The publication mixes curated content lists with…

Likely audience: senior citizens

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SubstackWeekly · last post 11 days ago

Conceitos da psicanálise, resenhas, fichamentos de artigos, psicanalistas convidados e muito mais!

Likely audience: Literature enthusiasts

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Sep 8, 2026

on what i'm writing, what i'm reading, and where to find me

Likely audience: Authors and writers

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SubstackWeekly · last post 11 days ago

Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity.

Likely audience: memoir readers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 19 days ago

A woman with ideas

Likely audience: Readers interested in personal essays

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 16 days ago

Jack Raines' essays on all things behavioral finance, markets, work, and life.

Likely audience: writers and authors

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 45 days ago

postcards and letters by people, to people.

Likely audience: college students

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