Substacks recommended by Marinarena Travel & Poetic Deep Dive

Recommended by Marinarena Travel & Poetic Deep Dive

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Subscribe now to get my FREE 7-day email course, Substack Launchpad.

Poetry Unbound

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

Open your world with poetry

Unreported Truths

By Alex Berenson

Independent, citizen-funded journalism

A solid place for real Covid/vaccine info the mainstream media doesn't tell. Alex's over commentary is often sharp and witty.

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Holistic Healing

By Luke

Helping you thrive & achieve peak health, providing you with holistic health insights & daily protocols to elevate your health and body. 🧬

Pieces Of Poetry

By Stanley Wotring

Random Musings Of A Pent-Up Poet

DocTalk, Explorations in Psychotherapy

A discussion of psychology, life and its many issues

☕️ Coffee & Covid 2025 🦠

By Coffee & Covid

A daily post-pandemic news roundup with sarcastically optimistic commentary

Talking Travel Writing

By Lottie & Steph

Demystifying the travel media

A Sip, A Shout Out & A Sentence

By C. Elyse

Everything necessary to fuel the muse: craft tips, book/film and short story reviews, writing prompts, and curated cocktails!

Such a refreshing, original follow-nothing else like it! Tips galore on the craft of writing and nods to amazing adult beverage sips! Such value here w/ writing resources esp. Black American/diasphora culture and much more beyond is passionately and beautifully revealed. Well organized posts as well!

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Paul Edward: The American Road

I've just built an 8 seat fine dining restaurant in a cottage on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. I'm not a chef in the classical sense. This is my journal.

Sea’s Substack

Original Songs, served up often, as well as putting music to other poet's words on Substack. I write fiction and poetry as well.

Poetry Today

By Maya C. Popa

Poetry curations & literary lessons designed to transform your writing life

CREATIVE. INSPIRED. HAPPY

By Evelyn Skye & Joanna Phoenix

Welcome to the creative collaboration of NYT bestselling novelist Evelyn Skye & creativity coach and writer Joanna Phoenix, who share heartfelt insights on storytelling, ambition, and growth. JOIN US—for kindness, curiosity, and community.

So Relatable

By Chrissy Hennessey

Inspiration, motivation, and conversation to help creative folks achieve their goals. Plus snacks!

Pied À Terre Life

By Michele Boyer

"I am out with lanterns looking for myself" -emily dickinson Sharing what I find through storytelling, while traveling the world and awakening.

From The Corner of My Mind

By Emika Oka

Sharing her unique perspective on the world as a hearing-impaired autistic person with bipolar disorder despite the challenges. Personal stories, poetry, contemplation and slice of life stories.

My Haiku Journey

By April R. Holmes

My daily exploration of weird photos and haiku experiments published as a weekly collection. Plus separate posts of nature and landscape photographs with perhaps a philosophical haiku theme?

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Clement’s Newsletter

By Clement Charles

Words of Action

Neil’s Substack - Awareness on Purpose

By Neil McDougall

Learn to recognize underlying themes, trends and root causes of world events.

Le Substack de Guy Boulianne

Chroniqueur indépendant, Guy Boulianne est membre du réseau Authorsden aux États-Unis, de la Nonfiction Authors Association (NFAA), ainsi que de la Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

True North by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

By Dr. Northrup's True North

My uncensored truth about your health and the future of humanity.

Highly informative, a go-to stack for natural health and wellness related advice, especially but not limited to women's health. The doc is a wonderful alternative to the doomy, gloomy medical mainstream establishment. Videos are worth the subscription alone. What a Godsend the doc is!!

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The Passionate Writer

By Tali Sarnetzky

I write and motivate, therefore I am. Here I share my writing journey, with the hope that i can motivate and empower fellow writers and artists to be themselves, whole and true. I focus on emotional wellbeing as part of the creative journey.

The Intellectual Investor

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Value Investing, Life/Philosophy and Classical Music Explained

The Transcendentalist

By Erick Lima

Peace to the Wanderer

Highly thoughtful material posted, great for referencing. Artful, with plenty of learning lessons. Take time to dig its archive- worth exploring!

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Talebones ✨

By S.E. Reid

Home of the Ferris Island Tales! Short and serialized fiction from S.E. Reid: speculative stories with a spiritual, supernatural, or uncanny twist.

Energy Politics

By Dr. Jennifer I Considine

The future research agenda for energy politics is concerned primarily with the future evolution of the geopolitics of energy in a rapidly changing landscape.

Epiphany Beyond A Biblical Scale

By Libor Soural

ONE-ARMED TARZAN STRUGGLING IN THE VOLCANIC JUNGLE TYPES HIS LIFE AS IT COMES. WILDERNESS AT ITS RAWEST IN YOUR FACE. I CANNOT FIND ANY OTHER WORK. LIFE IS NOT A WORD, IT IS A SENTENCE. MERELY BREATHING IS A BLESSING. MY GOD, PLEASE LET ME BREATHE ...

Hermit Chronicles

By David M. Poff

Essentially True Tales of a Hermit's Life

SpeakYourRhyme

By Paula Ann Kochanek

Limericks to inspire your inner power.

Writer pilgrim Substack

By Writer Pilgrim by So Elite

Writer Pilgrim is a writer, journalist, poet & teacher who runs podcast Writer Pilgrim Sounds, TINAWW writers workshops in person/online, offers personalised poems, NaPoWriMo host, monthly song title poetry, weekly prompts & social hangout SPAWN.

This stack is excellent for writers, especially, poets, for curious, fun writing prompts!

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Bijibilla’s Substack

By Bijibilla Rama Rao

EVERY DAY IS A CHANGE TO BE BETTER! EACH DAY PROVIDES ITS OWN GIFTS! WORK HARD IN SILENCE! LET YOUR SUCCESS BE YOUR NOISE!

HannahRoWrites

Semi-to-very-autobiographical poetry about life, love and everything in between.

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

I write about almost everything, from personal essay and memoir to fiction to travel essays to politics to book reviews to thoughts on literature to novels and stories and much more.

Jeff’s Substack

By Jeff D

Seeking a cease fire of body and brain as I observe, write, learn editing on the fly and figure out how to live with multiple sclerosis.

Expect the Unexpected

By Lois Thomson Bowersock

Expect the unexpected with a flare of humor and enjoy a quick escape from daily stressors. Adventures in travel, with an eye for the unusual. Life experiences as viewed from the perspective of a "person of a certain age."

Lois brings a lot of personality to trip commentary. Fascinating little details to revisit in Stack reading.

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Words and Pictures by Pamela Leavey

Hello Readers! I am a Creative Writer & Photographer. I post Poetry, Personal and Photo Essays, Daily Affirmations, Quotes of the Day and more, all to Inspire and Enlighten my readers. My posts are digital collages encompassing the world around me.

Amy Loftus Projects

Essays and podcasts on "Culture Capture," recovering freedom and commitment. Masculine and feminine energies, a spiritual perspective. All publications are free - if you wish to support my work, please subscribe for $5/month.

A refreshing, good for the soul follow that comes from a sincere place.

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Raheem Kassam

news, culture, politics, and investigations.

Elizabeth’s Newsletter from Italy

By Elizabeth Minchilli

Food, drink, fun links & travel (not necessarily in that order)

A must read for every Italophile. Love the regional Ital recipes, photography and commentary.

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The Victory Palace Poetry Stack

By Victory Palace

Original red-pilled poet finding truth, goodness & beauty outside the Matrix, hoping to wake up humanity one word at a time.

Travel: NE Where

By Narina Exelby

For – and often about – women who travel, and other curious people.

Breanna’s Newsletter

By Breanna Morello

Everything the corporate media doesn’t want you to know

Honest and passionate reporting, easy read to get the facts.

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Cruise Accomplice

By Melinda Crow: Accomplice

Let's break all the rules together. Travel. Writing. Life.

Garbage Notes

By Franco Amati

from the writer who brought you Scuzzbucket—the original home for dirty realism, grunge lit, creative confessions, speculative fiction, and assorted literary atrocities—comes an even deeper level of personal poetics ... this is ... Garbage Notes

Definitively, "bona fide"- GN brings it poetically with each and every post. Relatable pieces from Franco, esp. among introverts but those otherwise too. Nakedly confronts human frality and society. A must-listen audio. You'll be excited to follow! BRAVO!

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Tessa Barrie

Born to conceal Sally Edmondson's true identity from her mother while writing slightly risque pieces for a local publication, Tessa Barrie self-published her first novel, Just Say It, in 2021. Now, they are finally doing what they love.

Supernova Literary Ramblings

By Warren Brown

Empowering Writers through Stories and Storytelling.

Easy to read and follow! Positive, soulful and spirtually sound reads to uplift your day. A great go-to for writing prompts as well.

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My Favorite Classical Music

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell explores spirituality, survival, metaphysics, media, and the truth. Join us at starfirecodes.com

Reinette Senum's Foghorn Express

problems, solutions, & everything else we're not supposed to talk about

All content from Reinette comes from a passionate and honest place! A go-to for discovering the real, non-PC not-so insane California.

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