Substacks recommended by Washington Review of Books

Recommended by Washington Review of Books

A scan of the features, one week belated. Completely unofficial and unsolicited.

I consider Last Week’s New Yorker Review to be a vital public utility. The work done here allows me to live my life with dignity.

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The Hobbyhorse

By Adam Moody

Literary & Film Digressions

Dubious Analogies

By Emily Anne Lehman

A culture essay every other week hinging on a dubious analogy.

I have scarcely ever seen more tenuous affinities described with such care.

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Regress Studies

By Santi Ruiz

essays about the past and our place in it

Santi’s always worth reading. When I see REGRESS STUDIES in my inbox I drop what I’m doing.

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CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN'S DIARY

By Christian Lorentzen

Criticism, essays, etc.

The Tourist

By Phil Christman

This is a public notebook of the stuff I've been reading, thinking, and publishing recently.

Phil is both cool and smart. I love reading Phil. You might find you feel the same.

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a fête worse than death

By becca rothfeld

rantings and ravings about b00ks i like and dislike, articles i write and read, and whatever else i feel like, at totally irregular intervals

the process

By Irina Dumitrescu

creative living in a distracted age

Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse

By Devin Kelly

Posting the occasional poem and the occasional meditation on that poem. Or, in other words: weekly essays on poetry and more.

Wisdom of Crowds

Agreement is nice. Disagreement is better.

Notes from a Small Press

By Anne Trubek

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Notebook

By B.D. McClay

About books, TV, movies, and higher etiquette. Also God sometimes. Also Taylor Swift.