Imagine getting a feed of some of the best sentences published on the web. And with each sentence, a link to an essay, a social post, a reader-submitted gem I otherwise won’t encounter on my own curated feeds.
That feed is a newsletter called Perfect Sentences. Reading through each edition curbs my doomscrolling tendencies. I have it pinned on my browser—a gentle nudge toward a better alternative. Goodbye clickbait headlines. All good prose.
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 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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