Substacks recommended by Story Club with George Saunders

Recommended by Story Club with George Saunders

Starship Casual

By Jeff Tweedy

Jeff Tweedy shares songs, advice, general musings, and whatnot...

A place to get inside the wonderful mind and creativity of my pal Jeff Tweedy.

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The Believer

By McSweeney's

A quarterly literature, arts, and culture magazine.

Kareem Takes on the News

By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares thoughts about sports, politics, and popular culture and how they define America.

Keen and wise insights from a true national treasure...

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Village Disco

By Emily

I write about art in the context of everything.

Granted

By Adam Grant

Adam Grant’s newsletter on psychology and work.

Sam Harris

Sam Harris is the author of five NYT bestsellers, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app.

Secret Society

By John Hodgman

You are invited to join a SECRET SOCIETY.

Slowpoke

By Carson Ellis

Arts & Entertainment from Carson Ellis

This is a wonderful site that will jump-start your artistic aspirations.

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what now?

By mary g.

writing and talking about writing and other things (but mostly prompts)

Mary G. is a wonder and a force for good in the literary world. Go, Mary!

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Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

Conversations with the greatest writers alive — on craft, courage, and staying tender in a hard world. Plus my own essays from the beautiful, difficult middle of it all. Part interview series, part at-home MFA.

Jane is a great interviewer - her warmth draws the interviewee out into new territory…

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Rawdoggin' Reality

By Margo Price

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist. Finally, a place to share my musings, poetry, lyrics, literature and songs, and connect with fellow artists and fans.

Wordy Bird

By Susan Orlean

A few thoughts on what I'm wearing, words I'm writing, and the world we wander.

Susan Orlean is one of my favorite non-fiction writers and here we get to see her in a slightly more casual, immediate form - which is a delight.

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The Metropolitan Review

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

Alphabet Soup

By Etgar Keret

Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.

Etgar Keret is one of my favorite writers, minds, and people. His approach to fiction, craft, and teaching are frank, original, and invaluable.

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Jon Ronson

How to write narrative nonfiction books and podcasts, plus a place for all my work that won't be a book or a podcast.

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

WISLY

By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

WISLY (While I Still Love You) is a space to think about writing and art. I'll answer some of the questions I get most and some niche ones too. I'll share some thoughts I've had over the years regarding being an author and human. Much love. -N

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is one of the most exciting young writers in the world and writes about the intersection between life and process with rare frankness and clarity,

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work by Ross Gay

All the ways we use food to connect with our families, friends, and communities. Written by the NYT bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series, including "The Weekday Vegetarians."

A lovely celebration of cooking, family, thought, reading, love, and many other essential things, by a writer of great heart and wit.

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Disjointed

By Hamish McKenzie (Disjointed)

Sometimes I feel like writing things, so this is where I write them.

StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz

By Junot Díaz

“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

Diaz is one of our most brilliant writers and thinkers.

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Hungry Dogs with James Patterson

Telling stories, combating insanity, and talking to humans.

The Booker Prizes

Sign up to the Booker Prizes newsletter, where you can discover our long reads, book recommendations, exclusive interviews and much more, from the world's greatest writers of fiction.

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

Dan Harris

Self-help for smart people.

Disco Nola

By Emily Farranto

Art and digression in New Orleans.

Emily has a super-bright and new way of looking at things....

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Dan Stone

amplification, exploration, distillation

Really enjoyed my recent conversation with Dan, who is one of the best and most thoughtful interviewers out there. I’m looking forward to regular visits with this warm, bright, engaging presence.

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In Writing with Hattie Crisell

A life raft for writers at sea

A bright and generous literary mind - I did a podcast with Hattie awhile back and still think back on it as a shining moment of engagement.

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