“Shelfie” playfully combines “selfie” and “shelf,” as in a collection of books on a shelf. It shows you what's there in a way an algorithm or a "best of the best" list never will. Now here's a newsletter entirely made up of them.
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Root of All isn’t your typical personal finance column. Written by veteran financial writer Jacob Schroeder, it starts from a provocative thesis—that money is the root of all evil, happiness, servitude, and freedom—and draws on psychology, art, and philosophy to explore the lives we build with it.
"If you love Spanish food, quirky history, and the way cinema and art intersect with what we eat, you’re in the right place." Blanca Valencia writes of her Substack newsletter launched only a year ago.
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“Shelfie” playfully combines “selfie” and “shelf,” as in a collection of books on a shelf. It shows you what's there in a way an algorithm or a "best of the best" list never will. Now here's a newsletter entirely made up of them.
Root of All isn’t your typical personal finance column. Written by veteran financial writer Jacob Schroeder, it starts from a provocative thesis—that money is the root of all evil, happiness, servitude, and freedom—and draws on psychology, art, and philosophy to explore the lives we build with it.
Genius Loci is a monthly newsletter where Jeremy reflects on his creative life, including the nitty-gritty of how he builds it with a newborn at home. He also shares nourishing bits of what to see, read, and explore around topics he cares about: writing, travel, and photography.
A Sunday newsletter by writer Ingrid Burrington that curates the best sentences she and readers find across the web, each linking to essays, posts, or hidden gems that gently nudge me away from doomscrolling and toward better prose.
A beautiful, well-kept garden. That’s what I think of Willa’s newsletter, Dark Properties. Here's how the editor-gardener sums up her project: "a future-focused newsletter connecting personal and planetary ecologies."
"If you love Spanish food, quirky history, and the way cinema and art intersect with what we eat, you’re in the right place." Blanca Valencia writes of her Substack newsletter launched only a year ago.
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