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

When you're feeling uninspired, Austin Kleon's newsletter is a must. Packed with cool links and unique ways to jumpstart your creativity.

- Heather Havrilesky

INDIGNITY

By HMM DAILY

Essays, inquiries, arguments, advice, and archaic sandwiches for hungry readers.

Tom Scocca always has the smartest, most reasonable analysis of issues that make everyone else sound idiotic. Strongly recommend!

- Heather Havrilesky

Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain

Cultural Pith, Terrible Secrets and Quality Rants. Two fresh original pieces and two obscure throwback articles a month, with audio performances and oil paintings for all.

The Real Sarah Miller

A newsletter for people who like the work of (the real) Sarah Miller.

Sarah Miller could write entertainingly about a mud puddle. She's honest and funny and weird and never pretentious or wordy. The best.

- Heather Havrilesky

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Lauren Hough's voice is utterly unique, funny, and courageous. Love everything she writes.

- Heather Havrilesky

Ask E. Jean

By E. Jean Carroll

Tormented? Driven Witless? Whipsawed by Confusion? Ask E. Jean is the longest currently-running advice column in American publishing.

Today in Tabs

By Rusty Foster

Of course.

I probably read Today in Tabs more than any other newsletter. It always cheers me up.

- Heather Havrilesky

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