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Exploring the intricate nexus of art and science, and how we can think differently about our planet.

WhiteFeather's philosophical ramblings. All things bioart, DIY bio, biotech philosophy, witchcraft, technofeminism, biomaterials, menstrual materiality, etc. More at whitefeatherhunter.ca (art projects) or uwa.academia.edu/WhiteFeatherHunter (papers).

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

Some of the most beautiful writing I have known.

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Jon Klassen Things

thoughts and updates on my work as a picture book author / illustrator

Substack Reads

Your guide to great writing, podcasts, and shows happening on Substack

Colourful and useful mix of recommendations from around the world of newsletters.

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Studio Notebook

By Anne Ehrlich

Recording the process of thinking and making in my multi-media art studio. Monthly art tutorials!

Collagey-inky-theady descriptions of the process of feeling while making.

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Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Ani’s Secret Files ❤️

By Ani Castillo

Hello my sweet friend, Welcome to my newsletter! Here I'm sharing some of the writing I do in my journals, some of the thinking I do in my head and some of the living I do in my life ❤️

An author for humans. A drawer for the world.

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Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

I never read this but I should because he is a generous genius and it makes me feel like a real writer just to have it in my mailbox.

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crop samples

By Laurie D. Graham

Poetry, green things, the great failed colonial experiment

The foraged color of poetry

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The Elysian

By Elle Griffin

Imagining the future of governance, capitalism, and humanity. Researching a utopian novel.

This newsletter gently upends the publishing pyramid scheme in a search for ways of being a writer that actually gets paid a living wage. Elle Griffin comes from the perspective of a novelist writing stories sharing practical advice while uncovering a path to valuing art in an algorithmic era.

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DrawTogether with WendyMac

By Wendy MacNaughton

Drawing explorations, lessons, and weekly art assignments from New York Times-bestselling artist Wendy MacNaughton. Paying subscribers get full access to the DrawTogether Grown-Ups Table creative community and the 30-Day Drawing Habit.

Opening minds of all ages.

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Liana’s Newsletter

By Liana Finck

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things. www.lianafinck.com

Better than therapy. Also funny.

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Did Someone Say Emoji?

By Jennifer Daniel

🌹| Unicode Emoji Subcommittee-Chair | Blob Necromancer | Emoticon Lorax | 𓀟 𓀥 𓀠 𓀤 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣

Smart and funny and one of the controllers of the future of saying things in tiny ways.

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Mac’s Newsletter

By Mac Barnett

From the Desk of Mac Barnett

Letters of Note

By Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

Better than a course in writing.

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MoMa Weekly

By MoMa UK

Art competitions. Creative resources. Wonderful things.

blessed images

By kyrell grant

a selection of blessed images curated by my smooth brain

You have to see it

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From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

Essays, criticism, and interviews on food, culture, and media sent out on Monday morning. Paid subscribers receive additional posts on Fridays and have access to commenting, the recipe archive, and more.

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