The Long Middle

A little newsletter about aging and being a 52-year-old woman and being alive on this planet earth, right now. For 52 weeks straight.

Writing by Andrew Knott. Parenting, humor, and more!

things worth sharing

Asking and attempting to answer various flavours of this question as I rattle roughshod over the peaks and troughs of post-analysis, perimenopausal midlife from home in Glasgow, Scotland

Writing your way out of the restlessness

Welcome to my newsletter. This is where I share stories from my seaside village in the South West of France, my trips to the market, weekly recipes, and updates on our house renovation. Most of it’s free, and will always be free.

You'll have it read before the coffee gets cold.

The James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, nature, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

One small step for woman, one giant leap for...never mind. Enough with the baby steps.

A bi-weekly mix of food-related stories, recipes, cocktails, and travel, along with recommendations for movies and books from both me and my novelist wife, Ann Hood, and links to the best stories we've read online.

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

A newsletter and community for wild minds, winterers and enchantment-seekers with internationally bestselling author Katherine May.

Culture. Food. Family. Community. Equity. Poverty.

Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.

We examine life's questions through the lens of what we are reading and writing. You'll find essays, stories, book recs, interviews, and resources for readers and writers. Let's talk!

A fortnightly newsletter on routines, rituals, and wriggling through a creative life, from the author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

A grab-bag of Gen-X goodies: midlife stories, pop culture, and a community for grown-ass women

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight. (In 2024 it begins 6/1!)

Three verticals: Memoir Monday: A collaboration among Granta, Guernica, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Oldster Magazine; First Person Singular original essays; The Lit Lab interviews + craft essays.

Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to o̶n̶e̶ two, and friend to all.

sitting on the floor at 3am at the party after everybody else has gone home.