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I love the stories, the curiosity, and the unexpected directions Courtney takes in her writing. Most of all I admire her ability to pick a moment, hold it up to the light and capture all the facets often in a single, breathtaking sentence.

- Elizabeth Marro

Language and ecology. Dying languages. Emerging terms and words. There are so many nuggets of pure gold here for people like me who are fascinated by all the ways we communicate and how this has evolved over the years.

- Elizabeth Marro

A great way to practice reading in Italian (English translation included) and keep up with the news and cultural happenings in a place I love.

- Elizabeth Marro

It doesn't matter if Elizabeth is writing from anger, joy, pain, or just because she wants to play with words -- her small essays reveal a way of looking at the world and language that get me every time.

- Elizabeth Marro

Robyn Ryle thinks too much about the things I'm thinking about all the time, then she writes about them and makes me see them totally differently. Books. Writing. Thoughts. So many thoughts.

- Elizabeth Marro

Books, great ones, by Latinx authors and others live here. I love the interviews that highlight emerging authors and their work.

- Elizabeth Marro

I love Italian movies -- Italian stories told in all ways -- and I love this newsletter. I have had so much fun watching movies I would never have known about if not for Cheri who not only tells us about the movies, she makes it easy for us to find and watch them.

- Elizabeth Marro

This looks like a fun way to be introduced to a series I've heard so much about over the years.

- Elizabeth Marro

This recently relaunched newsletter is new to me but the author's goals and voice grabbed me: she writes about subjects that can be but should not be controversial in the world of money, work, literature, and pop culture. I'm looking forward to reading more.

- Elizabeth Marro

I have a love affair going on with Italy and this newsletter nurtures it by keeping me up to date with articles that illuminate issues, culture, or events.

- Elizabeth Marro

Gayla Gray makes this a great source of new reads but as important, she provides links that have proved really valuable to me and would have missed otherwise.

- Elizabeth Marro

The Flare lets us witness a single writer find her voice, one story at a time. And the stories are good!

- Elizabeth Marro

Words and good food. Delicious. Every issue offers a few books and one delicious recipe from a reader, writer, and baker who loves what she does.

- Elizabeth Marro

I love the issue "Some Good Death Poems" . They are good and so is this newsletter.

- Elizabeth Marro

Lyle McKeaney is a dad to Em, a little girl with cerebral palsy who challenges him daily to be more than he sometimes feels he can be. He's a searcher. He's a writer. He is often funny. Always on target. He's got plans. Check him out.

- Elizabeth Marro

I'm only two issues in and I've already added books to my TBR list. Love the books and the writing here.

- Elizabeth Marro

I never knew I needed a little animation in my book reviews but Books of Gif has shown me the way. I love the mix of old and new books and the discussions here.

- Elizabeth Marro

I always wonder about books I may have missed. Cassie P. wants you to read the best books you've never heard of whether they are just released or got lost in the shuffle and noise around the books everyone hears about all the time. I love this.

- Elizabeth Marro

The title of Josh's newsletter drew me in. Each essay offers a thought that does indeed get me to pause and consider what is working in our increasingly digitized world, what is not, and how just listening can make a difference.

- Elizabeth Marro

Children need good books and the adults in their lives need them too. Sarah Miller understands this and even those of us without young ones to read with can appreciate her reviews and insights.

- Elizabeth Marro

I'm on a lifelong journey to learn Italian and I love stories and great movies. Subscribing gets me at least one movie a month I would have missed otherwise as well as a wealth of info and insights from Cheri, whose enthusiasm for Italian cinema is infectious.

- Elizabeth Marro

I loved his novel, love his short stories, and now I love Jim Ruland's weekly newsletter with insights about life that make me nod in recognition, or read wide-eyed about the world of punk rock. The music is fun too.

- Elizabeth Marro

Anna Bonet adds one line after each of the three books she reviews each month that makes all the difference. It begins with "Read this if you liked..." So useful. And the books are so good.

- Elizabeth Marro

I love to see how "professional book person" and Book Riot reviewer and writer Ashley Holstrom links three "bite-sized" book reviews a month. She leaves me thinking about books, ideas, and the way they fit together.

- Elizabeth Marro

Jami Attenberg's weekly newsletter is one of the few that is consistently valuable to me as a writer. Here is where writers find support, encouragement and #1000wordsofsummer.

- Elizabeth Marro

If you love Jane Austen, you'll love this. I appreciate the chance to look at our current world through the lens of Austen's world. The deep dive into an author and her work is a rare thing and I am glad this is here.

- Elizabeth Marro

Everything about Isaac's interviews and walks pulls me in: the scenery, the conversation, the insight into the writing and authors who walk with him.

- Elizabeth Marro

With courage and love. This is how I want and need to face the threats that loom. I love the premise of this newsletter.

- Elizabeth Marro

This is one of my faves on all of Substack. Elizabeth Held serves up books, interviews, and bookish links for occasions and moods you didn't know you had until she identified them.

- Elizabeth Marro