Badreads | Lauren Hough

Recommended by Lauren Hough

I'm a music writer, archivist, and historian. You've seen my byline in Pitchfork, Vulture, NPR, Salon, Billboard, Pollstar, Backstreets Magazine and more. I'm perhaps best known for my writing about Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith.

Stark Raving Mad

By KJ Stark

Personal essays about life, probably some talk about writing (which I promise I'm doing) and stuff I enjoy reading, definitely some dog pictures.

Release McCracken

By Elizabeth McCracken

Occasional notes from Elizabeth McCracken

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

Publishing tips from an author who’s made mistakes (so you don't have to)

The Book of Zevelation

By Zev Good

"If it comes up, it comes out."

Therapy for Social Change

By Rebecca Hyman

Understanding and combating the impact of structural violence--particularly patriarchy and white supremacy--on mental health

Women of Ill Repute

By Maureen Holloway

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Aubrey’s Newsletter

By Aubrey Hirsch

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Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive twice weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

Feelings Not Aside

By Kayti Christian

A newsletter for sensitive people.

Extra Double Dumb...

By Scott Mitchel May

A space where I talk books, music, movies, skateboarding, and bothersome things

Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path as a writer.

Pleasure Centers

By Stefanie Iris Weiss

A newsletter about pleasure as praxis, permission, and play (plus a generous side order of astrology wisdom).

The Direction of Motion

By Kathy Valentine

A coming of aging story. Also thoughts, music, pop culture, random facts and stuff that interests me.

Black Lipstick

By Mila Jaroniec

Off-center beauty, literature and culture.

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

WanderFinder

By Hannah

Nature & misadventure. Join me here or on Twitter @HannahFinally. Views are my own.

Malcontent Theory

By Danielle Rose

Part intellectual performance, part theory-informed experiment, part troll.

ASK MOLLY

By Heather Havrilesky

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)

If I'd been reading Heather way back when, I might've known myself a little better. But then, I wouldn't have all these poor choices to write about. But I wouldn't have felt so alone. Anyway the point is she's my compass. And we need her.

- Lauren Hough

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump

By Mary L Trump

In which we come together to save American democracy, or at least have fun while trying.

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Walk It Off

By Isaac Fitzgerald

That was tough. Let's go for a walk.

Diary of a Nation

By Christina Zlotnick

Stories of the human experience.

Ask Erin

By Erin Khar

She’s made all the mistakes, so you don’t have to… Ask Erin is a weekly advice column, in which Erin answers your burning questions about anything at all.