Guest posts

The grift artist

An ode to Donald Boat, the online jester fin-domming CEOs and celebrities

Aug 27 •

“How else would a body come to truly know our planet?”

An animated essay excerpt

Jul 22 •

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Who’s going to run New York?

Ross Barkan breaks down the front-runners, the scandals, and the surprises in the city’s unusually crowded mayoral primary

Jun 12 •

The future of fiction

Naomi Kanakia shares three short stories and thoughts on the new literary scene

May 16 •

The poets of Substack

Maya C. Popa offers a guide to poetry on the platform

Apr 23 •

Spring eats, unstacked

Sarah Stanback-Young curates recipes for the new season

Apr 11 •

Sarah Stanback-Young

How bad do you want it?

Ottessa Moshfegh on the thrill of the sale

Mar 27 •

Ottessa Moshfegh

Dumbphones, unstacked

Brendon Holder reviews the case against smartphones

Mar 26 •

DeepSeek, unstacked

Jasmine Sun surveys reactions to the new AI on the block

Jan 31 •

Creativity, unstacked

Sherry Ning shares creative insights from across Substack

Jan 24 •

Cormac McCarthy’s secret muse, the internet, and me

Vincenzo Barney on making a life-changing connection in the comments section

Dec 19, 2024 •

Vincenzo Barney

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