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Teresa, as folks leave comments they will hopefully provide links to articles or publications for you to find. We're just getting started, so let's give everyone a little time to grab their favorite links.

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I'm jumping in early to recommend the Blog of KSC Hatch, but specifically this really great post! https://kschatch.substack.com/p/disabled-love-and-lives

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Loving the haunting poetry of Zi Corley of Born in Babylon ❤️‍🔥:

https://borninbabylon.substack.com/

And these annotated notes on medieval arab lesbians 🌈:

https://nooraldayeh.substack.com/p/noors-notes-on-medieval-arab-lesbians

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Been really enjoying Bethany Nicole lately:

https://thesoulworknewsletter.substack.com

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I'd like to recommend @chandlerpassafiume and his Substack, Storm's Eye: https://stormseye.substack.com/

Chandler was one of the first people to follow me whom I didn't already know in real life. Very exciting. He and I write on similar topics, and I enjoy his down-to-earth style and nature-inspired insights.

He describes his Substack as, "A Taoist writer finding and sharing peace and wellbeing through art, compassion, and communion with Nature. I write poetry, philosophy, fantasy, and anything else that feels good for the Soul."

Enjoy!

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Love this! Subscribed.

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I highly recommend Jacob's Substack, dad trying. https://dadtrying.substack.com/

I look forward to Jacob's posts and videos each week. As a dad, teacher, and fellow human being, I relate to his essays on trying to be better each day.

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Oh this looks really good. I'll go check it out!

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I'm gonna propose a good friend of mine, Bradley Vee, and his wildly eclectic mix of articles on everything from esotericism and religion to combat sports and combat driving at THIRD EYE LASIK.

This article as a sampler is about the very vexed question that if it's true that God is dead, how come there's never been an autopsy?

https://bradleyvee.substack.com/p/gods-autopsy

He also has a wonderful comic novel just out this month, Crushed Trachea Blues

https://bradleyvee.substack.com/p/crushed-trachea-blues

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Great detailed review A.P!

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Thanks Rose.

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I want to recommend Unboxing Pride, by my friend and colleague Charlie Ocean. They write vulnerable and insightful essays about their experience that shed light on their work as queer advocate, educator and all-around queer wise one. I’m always uplifted by their work.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hicharlieocean?r=2ou810&utm_medium=ios

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I recommend 'The Disabled Ginger' publication by Kelly. ( @broadwaybabyto )

"Tips for Surviving a Hospital Trip When Chronically Ill - When you're disabled - the decision of whether or not to go to the hospital is incredibly complex. When you have no choice but to go - there are ways to make it easier."

Kelly shares insights and wisdom anyone can apply but ESPECIALLY for caregivers or love ones who have a chronic illness. This is the kind of life-wisdom in today's healthcare system we ALL need!!

URL: https://disabledginger.substack.com/p/tips-for-surviving-a-hospital-trip

TO Substack team - please could you clarify - can we make multiple recommendations? also may I suggest adding the author's handle @ name as well as publication/article URL?

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Yes Victoria, please absolutely feel free to recommend more than one publication!

Your idea to share the author's handle is a great one as well! It's a bummer it doesn't show up as an active link though when we do that though :(

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Yep, I agree @Rose G.! FYI If the comment is stacked we can ‘edit’ and it’ll linkup in the note, but it doesn’t work in threads.

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That is strange and irritating. I wonder why they did that?

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Hi LC, no idea but the workaround to ensure someone else knows you've recommended them is to stack the comment so it becomes a note and tag there..

FYI for people like me making multiple recommendations, I'm noting who I'm recommending so I don't duplicate and notifying people.

Anyone unaware of this thread/or when a comment is not 'stacked' as a note, won't know...(until you lovely SmallStack team choose to highlight them), that they've been recommended by someone...of course, everyone could've also switched off all notifications from notes too.

If that's all weird huh? feel free to DM me

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Victoria, yeah I really see what you are saying now.

I’d love for ALL of these writers to enjoy the warm fuzzy of knowing that someone recommended them. I’ll bring this to the attention of the SmallStack team to see if we can help improve this for next time.

In the meantime, your suggestion is wonderful! 💗

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YESSSS Thanks, Rose G - spot on exactly...when SmallStacks are starting numbers on a stat don't mean much but having someone shout out your name is fabulous!

I've DM'd/ restacked the comment to a note - to all those I recommended.

Thanks to all of you- I see you all liking & commenting ;-) Gr8 teamwork!

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I also left a comment on the post by the person I'd recommended here, linking back to the comment here, so that could be another way to let them know too :)

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Victoria and Lauren - you are both so thoughtful! I'm certain the writers you are lifting up appreciate the extra little bit of effort you are putting in to let them know they have been recognized 💗 We are certainly a bit limited by the current capabilities of the platform in this case, but that is no match for your efforts, clearly 🫶🏽

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🩷 we all rise

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Thank you so much for the recommendation Victoria - I’m very new & very small and it’s much appreciated!

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Powerful wisdom in a SmallStack! needs sharing ;-)

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I love STORIES AND STATES, a very recently launched tiny stack that is already impressing me with the level of depth in the articles and essays. She analyses societal issues and literature from a really unique perspective. Each of her articles has made me think more deeply and critically.

https://storiesandstates.substack.com/

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Thank you so much for mentioning me, I’m honoured 💚

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Recommending Anne ( @thefuturewidow ) Publication: The Future Widow

Article URL: https://thefuturewidow.substack.com/p/living-in-the-here-and-now

Anne shares the turmoil she and Mr J face, she carries us with her in all the human angst, and grief and through trying to figure it all out! Worth reading her articles in timeline order for their full context.

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Yes! So vulnerable, so lovely, so compassionate

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Thank you, @Victoria. I am humbled and honored by your words.

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🩷

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I really love Dear Mercury, a project from interdisciplinary artist @Indira Allegra. The Substack is a kind of variation on an advice column, in which Indira photographs inanimate objects they encounter in everyday life, solicits reader questions, and then channels advice "from the object" in response to the questions. The advice is concise, poetic, poignant and perfect.

https://dearmercury.substack.com/

(Thank you @Smallstack for this wonderful, generous thread!)

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Oh my goodness, what a find!! SO happy you shared this one with us.

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I'm recommending https://livingpictures.substack.com/ from https://substack.com/@shitalmorjaria.

I'm big on imagery that leads me to linger and her imagery and words always feels so reflective and contemplative.

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My rec today is Field of Visions - a lovely stack about art, creativity and healing. And this post, which feels very in line with the SmallStack philosophy: "The forgotten value of the single connection" https://kristendroz.substack.com/p/the-forgotten-value-of-the-single

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Checking it out, thanks!

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SmallStack Team here's a MUSIC RECOMMENDATION!!! Publication Solemn Slade by @Zach Sprowls

Track 005 | I Don't Know | Solemn Slade 'A heartbreaking track to fill the spaciousness of an empty mind'

URL: https://zachsprowls.substack.com/p/track-005-i-dont-know-solemn-slade

Checkout Zach's In the Studio performance: https://zachsprowls.substack.com/

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Let’s not forget our very own Robin Taylor’s Stack: https://open.substack.com/pub/transfriend

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Tony, thank you! You're making me blush!

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I read the first and only post (so far) of Living Against the Dark and it was incredibly connecting and human. I've been feeling pensive and a bit existential lately, so maybe it's partly my own headspace coloring what I got from the post but it's so well written and achingly beautiful. I can't wait to see where she takes this publication.

https://barbaranickless.substack.com/

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🙌🏽 A BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL, AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL VOICE.

Cansafis Foote posts are playful and rich, with songs to punctuate. This goes deep into Dad stuff:

https://cansafis.substack.com/p/bacon-and-eggs

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Agreed! It's so creative yet critical, you never know what you're gonna get.

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I'm a huge fan of Jump + Pray, especially this post about joy and why humming is good for the vagus nerve:

https://jumpandpray.substack.com/p/your-joy-is-essential

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I'm looking forward to reading this! My in-laws have a family joke about having a hereditary "humming disease" because everyone in the family unconsciously hums a lot! It's usually cute and funny, and it sounds like it is likely a self-regulating practice as well!

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Gonna add the Macabre Monday pub here! The community for MM is great and it's a wonderful newsletter for horror lovers :) Plus, you usually get to see lots of awesome fiction!

https://macabremonday.substack.com/

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I love Found Notes from Jamal Robinson. He pulls poetry out of other people's writing. https://jamalrobinson.substack.com/

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What a creative idea!

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Also love Shi(f)t Happens from Tawnia Converse, particularly this post: https://substack.com/home/post/p-145804071?r=sqait&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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I will have to go with Murph's and Jon T's wildly-inventive fiction at

https://substack.com/@murphybybeckett and https://jontoews.substack.com

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Thanks Bradley, great recommendations! I'm all over these... I've realized I need a little more fiction in my life 😉

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They also did a brilliant collaboration called Vestiges!

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I’d like to recommend SOUL-MAKING! https://soulmaking.substack.com/ by @ramyayandava

Essays on everything from “bed rotting” to orchids and summer storms to movies and literature and Internet aesthetics. Ramya has such an original and insightful voice, I feel like I always learn something new from her work!

Her critical thinking and analysis is wonderful, but more than that it’s such a delight to read her prose! Some favorites are her reflection on New England snow https://soulmaking.substack.com/p/the-snow-of-memory and her hilarious rant about dog poop in the suburbs https://soulmaking.substack.com/p/scoop-your-poop

I also have been enjoying the “Friday Frivolity” column, which draws together so many diverse sources of inspiration and makes me feel so creatively energized! highly recommend

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Sandwich Season by ( @sarahcoomber ) is for anyone who feels griddled caring for their parents, and being a parent themselves. Sarah shares her intense rollercoaster journey with heart, humanity and a LOT of good resource suggestions.

I hope her publication enables others to talk more about the messy, stressful journey and in her words 'know you're not alone' THESE are the SmallVoices that need to be amplified - we're all struggling right now.

ARTICLE 'You are not alone' Finding company on the dementia journey URL: https://substack.com/@sarahcoomber?utm_source=about-page

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That sounds like a really essential read for so many of us.

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There are many other authors I'll share doing similar work - oh the common humanity of it all!! I'm pausing because I don't want to overwhelm the thread with my recos!! ;-)

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Victoria, thank you so much for sharing my small voice. I hope these stories and resources really can help others feel less alone on the journey -- your presence here has certainly helped keep me company. Sending hugs your way. <3

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Hugs back! In this together!

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I think everyone should know about Neil Barker's newsletter: https://neilbarker.substack.com

He takes *the most amazing* bird photographs. Such a joy to receive them regularly.

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Wow, those photos are incredible!

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I recently discovered @petrenawilbur's Substack called Picking Up the Pieces of Me. She writes lovely poetry and other creative writing.

https://petrenawilbur.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile

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Wow that title really pulls me in, "Picking up the Pieces of Me". I'm going to check it out!

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Here to recommend @barbnatividad ‘s Comedy, Tragedy. Insightful and wonderful work about living with a disability the writing life!

https://substack.com/@barbnatividad?r=4p7j8&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile

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I love hearing about this!

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I'd also like to recommend Rainstorms and Red Strings, who writes poetry and short, wistful essays.

https://anizaghaffar0.substack.com/p/butterflies-in-the-rain

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I would like lift up the work of Emma Simpson and recommend her Substack ‘Lemon Soul’ https://emmasimpsonauthor.substack.com

She is a brilliant writer (with a book coming out next spring) and a lovely lovely human who I enjoy hanging out with irl ✨

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Aaw thank you so much Hannah - I’m so touched and grateful for this 💕💕🫶🫶🙏🙏

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I'd love to recommend Maggie Jon (https://substack.com/@maggiejon) at 'How to Get Your Sheet Together'.

She is a coach for neurodivergent folks and has both writing and a podcast. She is also a lovely person with relatable content and a fun personality! 💜

Her latest post is about how her travels and spending years abroad have impacted her life. https://open.substack.com/pub/maggiejon/p/living-abroad-is-like-being-stuck?r=3cxjb4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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This is a great connection for me, thanks Rose! I write about parenting teens with mental health challenges and neurodiversity....

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One of my favorites is CEOverthinker - Lauren always has exactly what I need to read. This one especially: https://open.substack.com/pub/ceoverthinker/p/what-if-it-isnt-what-you-think-it?r=iu361&utm_medium=ios

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Some names of stacks just really sing, and this one nails it!

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Let me hype up Jamal Robinson’s Found Notes before he surpasses 1,000 subscribers, which is probably any second now. 😅

Not only are Jamal’s decks of found poetry absolutely stunning every single week, he is an impeccable example of what it looks like to champion your community & lift everyone around you up.

A personal favorite of mine, is Found Note deck 024, Healing Questions : https://open.substack.com/pub/jamalrobinson/p/024?r=ansnp&utm_medium=ios

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Just clicked on him and he's at 1000 subscribers! :) Grateful for the recommendation.

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Whenever I drop into @James Don Bluewolf's prolific archive of very short stories, poems, and songs, I always come away a little bit humbled or delighted or warmed by family and humanity. He is a wonderful reader and singer, bringing simple sketches to life. His latest is about a dog adopting its family: https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesdonbluewolf/p/primo-family-vignettes-audio-text?r=1mk0zn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web.

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I love the idea of a dog adopting its family!

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Me, too! :-)

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I'm recommending In the Company of Cards - a brilliant political and social commentary writer who uses cards to guide each essay. https://erikarobinsonlenormand.substack.com

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Am modestly proposing that you please check out my friend Emily Kaminsky's Rainmakers and Changemakers:

https://rainmakerschangemakers.substack.com

"Highlighting the givers and doers who work collaboratively across cultural and country boundaries to create positive and lasting impact for the most vulnerable amongst us."

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I really recommend SG Huerta's "trans poetica"!

When I first joined Substack, SG's newsletter was one of the first that came up when I typed in "trans", in an attempt to connect with other trans writers.

"trans poetica" boosts publishing opportunities for other writers to submit to, highlights important works from others around the internet, and contains some great queer/trans poetry & prose from SG themselves!

https://substack.com/@sgpoetry

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I second that one! SG does such a great job with collections of publishing opportunities as well as sharing their own work.

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Some odd #Poems af @LennArrrt …

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The ongoing 📙 @thetarnishedgloriole [ https://www.substack.com/@thetarnishedgloriole ]

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Hi all!

I want to recommend Productive Happiness written by Anick. https://productivehappiness.substack.com/

Anick has a unique perspective on productivity and her passion for "healthy productivity" shines through. She reads personal development books and gives her honest reviews so you can decide if a particular book is for you or not. She also shares personal reflections on productivity in her life.

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I want to share with you Clare Egan’s substack, Beyond Survival. She writes about life after trauma with a particular interest in sexual trauma. I love her writing style and what she writes about. This post of hers is just 🩷 https://open.substack.com/pub/clareegan/p/the-haunted-hot-water-bottle?r=8zper&utm_medium=ios

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Mazsi thank you for sharing this! I write about those topics as well, and am always on the lookout for other writers sharing related insights. 🙏🏼💗

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Is it okay if I recommend myself? I write "the statistician" where I write about the most random topics on the internet, coupled with a few analytics on those same topics for a deeper perspective. I can't really tag my publication to a certain category but it's a mesh of different interesting things. Although I'm not bothered by the subscriber count, it'd feel good to know what others think/view when they read my content.

Thanks.

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Hi Rhithik! We are so happy to have you in the community here! 🙏

If you take a quick peek back up at the original post you’ll see that, this time, we made a general guideline not to post our own stacks. For this one discussion thread we wanted to give folks a chance to lift up another publication they’ve enjoyed - so feel free to comment more if you also have some favorites to share!

I assure we you we are ALL about supporting and celebrating writers here, and we are cooking up a whole slew of ways to try to help with the ongoing effort of connecting great small stacks with readers! 💗 So stick around, we are here to help! 😊

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Hey Rose, Sorry I wasn't aware, but I'll keep note. Surely, I'll stick around, thanks :)

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I'd like to recommend Be a Cactus, written by Victoria Waddle. With her weekly essays on the craft of writing, she gives insights from her own publishing adventures, including the need for writers to be a cactus: protective and shielding of their work and well-being and *maybe* a little prickly. At the end of each post, Victoria includes updates on book bans from her perspective as a retired teacher-librarian who's been in the trenches and is still fighting the good fight.

https://victoriawaddle.substack.com

@VictoriaWaddle

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I've been really impressed by Richard Elliott's writing lately. His most recent post is a good example: https://songstudies.substack.com/p/willie-nelsons-hands

He describes his stack as:

"[A] space for exploring connections between music and materiality.

I write about the ways that songs connect to the object world: how songs bring evocative objects to life; how songs become evocative objects that accompany lifetimes; how songs survive by attaching themselves to other objects."

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I'm recommending - Publication: Notes from the Town Hermit by Tiffany (Handle @TiffanyChu)

Enmeshed but Alone. The Paradox of Loneliness in Close-Knit Communities; a review of James Richardson's "Our Worst Strength" Article URL: https://tiffanychu.substack.com/p/enmeshed-but-alone.

Eloquently poised reflections by Tiffany, that make me think and ponder more deeply.

Also, for her leadership of the Asian Writers Collective a Community stack that I'm looking forward to reading. https://asianwriters.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=profile_page

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I highly recommend @ajsingh who writes MindBodies Decolonised (https://ajs4dlg.substack.com/). They are "a brown, Autistic, ADHD, Trans Masc Neuroscientist on a decolonising, neuro-embodiment journey." I love their newsletter because they are technically knowledgable (Neuroscientist!!!!) and progressively activist in their writing, which is mostly focused on the intersection of neurodiversity and colonialism.

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