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Good news! <em> Harper's Bazaar </em> is launching a literary newsletter.

Good news! Harper's Bazaar is launching a literary newsletter.

By Brittany Allen | September 16, 2025

The case against Substack. (ICYMI)

The case against Substack. (ICYMI)

To stack or not to stack? This is the question.

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2025

The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

Brittany K. Allen on the Dire State of American Media

By Brittany Allen | March 4, 2025

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

A Black History month reflection.

By Brittany Allen | February 18, 2025

Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

A brief literary history from Ben Franklin to Ann Telnaes.

By Brittany Allen | January 29, 2025

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

By Brittany Allen | August 30, 2024

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They share a common foe, now Mary Trump and E. Jean Carroll are writing a romance novel.

By Janet Manley | June 1, 2023

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

By Bill McKibben | January 4, 2023

Read Bram Stoker's classic in real-time with the Dracula Daily.

By Katie Yee | May 11, 2022

Roxane Gay has started a $25,000 writing fellowship—for Substacks.

Roxane Gay has started a $25,000 writing fellowship—for Substacks.

By Walker Caplan | January 12, 2022

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

From the Nobel Prize to #BookTok

By Literary Hub | December 16, 2021

George Saunders is testing how big a writing class can get.

George Saunders is testing how big a writing class can get.

By Walker Caplan | December 2, 2021

Chuck Palahniuk wants more places for edgy fiction. So he's starting a Substack.

Chuck Palahniuk wants more places for edgy fiction. So he's starting a Substack.

By Walker Caplan | September 20, 2021

Salman Rushdie's next work of fiction will be published on his new Substack.

Salman Rushdie's next work of fiction will be published on his new Substack.

By Walker Caplan | September 1, 2021

Perfume Genius is writing stories about sensual experiences with the cast of <em>Supernatural</em>.

Perfume Genius is writing stories about sensual experiences with the cast of Supernatural.

By Walker Caplan | August 4, 2021

Patti Smith has a Substack now.

Patti Smith has a Substack now.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 1, 2021