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Recommended by Joseph Massey

Poor in Spirit

By Emily G.

I write about Catholicism and the spiritual life, but also sometimes personal memoirs.

Census Press

Publishing works of fiction, poetry, and criticism that meet our highly idiosyncratic criteria, since 2024.

Pens and Poison

By Liza Libes

Pens and Poison is the literary project of author Liza Libes. Enter a world of literary analysis, philosophical musings, and other poetic ponderings.

Rejoice Evermore

By Spencer Klavan

Come for the memes, stay for the Hellenistic philosophy--or maybe it's the other way around.

PENNYROYAL

By Amanda Fortini

Writing from the field

Poetics with Robert Charboneau

Notes Toward a Study of Poetry

Christopher F. Rufo

Leading the fight against the left-wing ideological regime.

Sey Everything

By Jennifer Sey

A newsletter about woke capitalism and standing up to group-think. And anything else I feel like writing about.

Jennifer Sey possesses a quality that is rare in today's world of self-censorship and straight-up cowardice: Courage. She stood up to the mob. And she's still standing, writing, sharing her journey, much to our benefit.

- Joseph Massey

Undaunted Joy

By Shemaiah Gonzalez

The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight

Shemaiah is a beautiful writer and a true gift to any inbox. Subscribe!

- Joseph Massey

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

a small spectacle

By MK Creel

Nature poems & short essays about finding wonder, healing & connection.

Notes of an Aesthete

By Alice Gribbin

Essays on art by Alice Gribbin

buttonslives

By Christina Buttons

Critical reporting on the evidence base behind biological explanations for transgender identity, gender-transition treatments, and psychiatric models—seeking a better path forward for mental health.

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

One of our greatest living writers.

- Joseph Massey

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Common Sense is the balanced main course of my media and news diet. Great writers, great content, always on the forefront of real news.

- Joseph Massey

Holly’s Substack

By Holly MathNerd

math lessons, creativity, deafness, drawing, painting, PTSD, personal reflections

Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone

A rumination on the collapse of culture on the left. Is it really that bad? Yes, it is really that bad.