Substacks recommended by Elaine Wolff

Recommended by Elaine Wolff

Media, culture, journalism, murder, and the occasional baking of actual pie

A fiction review of crime, mystery, and general mayhem. No reading fees | Pays $125 for first North American serial rights

The Metropolitan Review

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

She's Gone Chilaquiles

By Anna Schott

essays, memoir, food analogies

I want to roadtrip with this woman. Her Substack is the next best thing.

- Elaine Wolff

Stock Fiction

By Meg Oolders

A mercurial space for human-generated fiction and honesty from award-winning author, and critically-acclaimed mother of two, Meg Oolders.

The name of her Substack is everything.

- Elaine Wolff

Women's Survival Guide

By Kim's WSG Blog ❤️

Women’s Survival Guide, is here to help you (and me) shift from NOW WHAT?! to an exciting WHAT'S NEXT? through personal stories, inspiring interviews, and practical advice. Discover new passions, and a renewed sense of possibility, together.

A place to meet inspiring women and find community.

- Elaine Wolff

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

People, books, me; The Literary Obsessive charts that which catches my eye.

Gothic Quill

By Julia Madsen

Gritty, honest writing about a family true crime and coming from a blue-collar background. Helping folks build authentic presence and a writing community. MFA from Brown / PhD Denver.

Gritty, honest posts about writing a family true-crime and coming from a blue-collar background in the writing world.

- Elaine Wolff

Sazón

By Rick Martínez

Sazón is your front-row seat (and backstage pass) to the Mexican kitchen. Cook bold recipes, learn the stories behind them, and fall in love with Mexico one meal at a time. Bonus: kitchen wisdom, chisme, mercados, and a few tricks you'll use forever.

gotham girl

By Alisa Kennedy Jones

gotham girl is a reader-supported newsletter for inquisitive readers from bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. "One of America’s funniest, most singular voices on Substack" — The New York Times

Wolff Tracks - Mike Wolff on Law, Politics and Life

By Michael Wolff Wolff Tracks

Mike Wolff is a lawyer, former Judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri, professor emeritus and former Dean of St. Louis University Law School, and recovering reporter.

Real insight from years on the bench and in local politics. Also, he's my uncle :)

- Elaine Wolff