Cruel Summer Book Club

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

#5SmartReads is the daily digest of the news you should know, the books to read, and the things that will make your life better.

Politics, women’s rights, foreign affairs, and law

Of course.

Slice-of-life comics by Edith Zimmerman.

A newsletter about facing life's ups and downs, all while being kind to yourself.

Jessica Dore, author of Tarot for Change, explores human experience using Pamela Colman Smith's images from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot as a guide.

I'm sharing lessons as I rebuild my life after a break-up. This is a newsletter about how to build a good life when things haven’t gone to plan 🍋

Good things to read + good things to cook, every Sunday, from journalist Nisha Chittal.

sitting on the floor at 3am at the party after everybody else has gone home.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

Because single people deserve a newsletter of their own

David Farrier's weird investigations, quirks & oddities delivered direct to your inbox!

A weekly round-up of new stories about culture and technology, curated by an aging millennial with increasingly low tolerance for nonsense and fads.

Examining current cultural trends through the lens of addiction, recovery, alcohol, and all the other drugs like your smartphone

A monthly dispatch of candid writing and links about becoming who you are. Always: inspiration, encouragement, possibility. Never: bullshit.

We are people who happen to be mothers.

Literary microdoses on addiction, psychedelics, culture, work, and the sound of one hand clapping