I'm of the mind, almost, to start a substack just to respond to the facile post about modern architecture. But I'm busy at the moment, designing buildings people enjoy using and looking at and none of them look like the Parthenon. Maybe I'll do that this weekend.
Cody Kava's piece is about the most important topics imaginable and searingly written. It might also contain a NSFW warning due to the amount of images of dead bodies it contains - though that, of course, is partially the problem.
"Last month's" roundup was pretty good and I ended up reading more than half the submissions; the pool's a bit smaller this time, but still with excellent breadth. (Poetry isn't my thing, but I'm glad to have some of it included - that's cool!) It always surprises me how many *other* quality writers are out there, but nowhere near as famous or linked-to. It feels appropriate to have such authors gathered up by a Big Personality like Freddie; he's a very convenient Schelling point to rally otherwise-fairly-obscure writing around.
Thank you, plenty of reading to start off September strong. This sort of "recursive content" is one of my favourite features - I'd much rather get curated recommendations from someone whose aesthetics I already approve of, versus like, Substack's recommendation algorithm that doesn't "know me" that well. (Why isn't there a Netflix for longform blogs, I wonder?)
I'd like it to be known that I wrote something, but because it was on the forbidden subject, I didn't even email it to Freddie. I would like to collect my brownie points for my restraint.
I love this feature! A lot of interesting writers and readers you’ve got. Thanks for sharing!
I'm of the mind, almost, to start a substack just to respond to the facile post about modern architecture. But I'm busy at the moment, designing buildings people enjoy using and looking at and none of them look like the Parthenon. Maybe I'll do that this weekend.
I’m always blown away by the variety in these submissions.
It was fun to make the image for Sarah's poem. I've never looked at so many photos of half-naked men in my life.
I also made the images for DanT and Erin E's latest posts (the new ones posted today) so check them out. And read the posts too if you want.
Awesome! Always am super excited for when these drop. 😊
Love this feature.
Thanks so much, Freddie! I’m looking forward to reading!
So many great submissions this time! Thanks again for doing this.
Man, I love this stuff. Great selection, thanks for sharing this stuff with us.
Cody Kava's piece is about the most important topics imaginable and searingly written. It might also contain a NSFW warning due to the amount of images of dead bodies it contains - though that, of course, is partially the problem.
Thank you for sharing, Freddie!
"Last month's" roundup was pretty good and I ended up reading more than half the submissions; the pool's a bit smaller this time, but still with excellent breadth. (Poetry isn't my thing, but I'm glad to have some of it included - that's cool!) It always surprises me how many *other* quality writers are out there, but nowhere near as famous or linked-to. It feels appropriate to have such authors gathered up by a Big Personality like Freddie; he's a very convenient Schelling point to rally otherwise-fairly-obscure writing around.
Thank you, plenty of reading to start off September strong. This sort of "recursive content" is one of my favourite features - I'd much rather get curated recommendations from someone whose aesthetics I already approve of, versus like, Substack's recommendation algorithm that doesn't "know me" that well. (Why isn't there a Netflix for longform blogs, I wonder?)
I'd like it to be known that I wrote something, but because it was on the forbidden subject, I didn't even email it to Freddie. I would like to collect my brownie points for my restraint.
These posts always give me some very interesting pieces to read that I wouldn't have otherwise encountered.