Substacks recommended by Laura | Rural Reflections

Recommended by Laura

A mycelial support system for people who choose to write. A rhizosphere is roots, soil, and everything in between.

Because how can you not love a Substack with this description? "Be part of a mycelium, an underground support system, for your work as a forager of stories and a writer of them."

- Laura

The Yellow Pages

By THE YELLOW PAGES

A newsletter recommending Asian/Asian-American films, music, writing, and other inspiration. From a lifelong actress and Asian.

Recommendations from AAPI creators about AAPI-related content. Relevant because my 3/4 of my immediate family is South Asian and because we should all be looking for greater breadth and depth of content

- Laura

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

By Jeannine

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

What writer hasn't felt like they're writing in the dark? Seriously, this 'stack has SO MANY great resources

- Laura

The 981 Project

By Tamela Rich

Culture, history, trivia, book reviews, and roadside kitsch from all 981 miles of the Ohio River—published twice a month.

Great writing about the Ohio River by a friend I met at Hindman the year "it" happened

- Laura

Vibe Check

By Sarah

oh just your week to week update on my day to day

Because Sarah is awesome and without her inspiration, this Substack might not exist

- Laura

Trackless Wild with Janisse Ray

Leveraging the wildness of story.

Janisse is such a generous teacher and beautiful soul. Her writing both transports me and brings me back to myself in a way few people can.

- Laura

Anticlimatic

By Sayesha

Rebuilding the climate change narrative - EXIT jargons & doom, ENTER analogies & memes. All under 5 minutes.

Real, relatable writing about climate change that is not afraid of everything from complicated thinking to bad jokes to even-gasp!-the possibility of hope

- Laura

Brown Girl Bookshelf

By Mishika & Sri

Find out what's "On Our Bookshelf" this month by South Asian authors.

Content and recommendations specific to South Asia. I have already found so many great reads here!

- Laura

On the Commons

By Antonia Malchik

Ownership, property, and what is stolen in the privatization of the commons.

Rural Reflections - The Reboot

Recommended by Laura