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The Beatles Magazine is a weekly look back at the The Beatles, as though reported on 60 years ago in real time, by a young, ragtag team of journalists covering the band from 1963 to 1969.

Subtle Maneuvers

By Mason Currey

On wriggling through a creative life—with lessons and insights from novelists, painters, poets, filmmakers, and musicians delivered to your inbox every other Tuesday. From the author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work.

The Hobbyist

By Will Schube

The Hobbyist is a blog about free time.

Happy to be interviewed by Will.

- Ed Park

The Daily Nugs

By Grateful Dead of the Day

All the Grateful Dead shows and news from this day in history, brought to you by Grateful Dead of the Day.

big reader bad grades

By Alexander Sorondo

Snapshots about writers and writing, books and reading them, culture in general and the retail job that stifles it all.

Counter Craft

By Lincoln Michel

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books, other things

Pep Talks For the Mildly Depressed

By Phoebe Ward

Writing, drawing, that sort of thing.

The Believer

By McSweeney's

A quarterly literature, arts, and culture magazine.

Mangrove Valley

Musings about the Dead and their music. The shows always speak for themselves, but I'll add comments on their contexts, sonic quality, and other points of interest.

Notebook

By B.D. McClay

One third Books, one third Observations, one third Who Knows.

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

By The Rarebit Fiend

Occasional essays on literature, poetry, movies, and culture by the author of THE LAST WORDS OF JACK RUBY, a historical noir novel about the lifelong friendship between the notorious assassin and my cousin, the boxer and war hero Barney Ross.

The Querent

By Alexander Chee

The person asking a question at the beginning of a Tarot card reading. Or, a newsletter project by Alexander Chee.

A Word About...

By Benjamin Dreyer

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

Tragic Magic: Michael Chabon

Field Notes of a Serial Enthusiast

The 914

By 914Editor

Northern Westchester's #1 irregular newsletter and lifestyle guide.

Missives from Cheever country

- Ed Park

Giant Slide 19 Holes Underground Parking

By Jeremy Braddock

posts and short essays related to my book on the Firesign Theatre

Essential!

- Ed Park

Fast & Loose

By Yasi Salek

a letter about music (and some other things)

Book Post

By Ann Kjellberg

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine LIttle Star

The Lillian Review of Books

By Lillian Wang Selonick

A former science publisher with a Classics BA reads classic literature and science fiction.

De La Soul

DA.I.S.Y AGE

Blood & Whiskey

By Neal Thompson

From author, journalist, whiskey-sipper Neal Thompson, crime fiction and true crime roundups, reviews, author interviews. Plus cocktails & playlists.

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

By Anne Applebaum

democracy and dictatorship, Russia and Ukraine, America and Europe, local and global, past and present

Is It Supposed To Look Like That?

By Teddy (T.M.) Brown

A blog about the stuff we see and why it matters.

RECORD LUNG

By Joe Hagan

Finding and listening to records.

Inconspicuous Consumption

By Paul Lukas

Big Enthusiasm for Small Details

Lit With Charles

Lit With Charles is your online home-away-from-home for literary news, book reviews, reading recommendations, opinions, facts and fiction!

Last Stop Corbenic

By Lev Grossman

A newsletter about books and writing and sometimes King Arthur

Dots & Arrows

By Dave Denison

Politics and prose, strikes and gutters, ups and downs. . .

The Floating Armoire

By Thomas Beller

Comments on life, literature, parties, and basketball.

Read if you like writing like this (I do): "When you travel you have to pack and you have to unpack. Regarding packing: I think of myself as an extremely light packer up until the last minute, when I throw in all sorts of things. It is a form of sartorial separation anxiety..."

- Ed Park

Vile Jelly

By Andrew Leland

blindness, sound, literature, art, culture, media, and the intersections thereof

Mystery Achievement

By 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳

Metaphysics in history and practice. No sacred cows. "Mitch is solid gold"—David Lynch "I love Mitch Horowitz"—Dan Aykroyd “Convincing"—Paris Match “Treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness"—Washington Post

Don't Press That Button

By Owen King

Books & Music & Movies & Cats & Baseball

Dracula Daily

By DraculaDaily

Get the classic novel Dracula, emailed to you in real time as it happens.

got a lot of issues

Essays where one writer explores one song and its place in their life. Plus occasional bonus stuff. Plus the ongoing 'Weezer Files.' Made by Peter C. Baker and friends.

The Crime Lady

By Sarah Weinman

On crime fiction and true crime, current and long-ago releases, stuff I'm working on, and other related things.

The Dizzies

Recommended by Ed Park