Substacks recommended by Kate Neale Cooper

Recommended by Kate Neale Cooper

A monthly deep dive into all things personal style. Rediscover the joy of getting dressed with fashion stylist and “closet therapist” Allison Bornstein.

For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

I keep hoping reading this will turn me into a poet.

- Kate Neale Cooper

5 Things You Should Buy

By Becky Malinsky

Suggestions of what to wear for when you don't want to look anymore. I scroll so you don't have to.

I don't always love everything Becky recommends, but I love that she broadens my fashion horizons and I've definitely clicked "Add to cart" more than once in the short time I've been getting this newsletter.

- Kate Neale Cooper

This Week's Top Ten

By Jessica Hagy

Illustrated fiddling with puzzles & problems in sets of ten.

This clever newsletter uses charts, graphs and diagrams to explain the relationship between things like grief and extreme weather, season visuals, emotional support items, etc. I'm amazed someone is able to think this way.

- Kate Neale Cooper

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Austin Kleon is a perennial source of good things to watch, read, and listen, too. He also always has an interesting, encouraging angle on creativity.

- Kate Neale Cooper

Design Mom

By Gabrielle Blair

A newsletter where we can be curious about everything.

Gabrielle Blair is famous for her design aesthetic, but her book, "Ejaculate Responsibly," was revelatory for me. I enjoy her smart newsletter, which is always full of good recommendations.

- Kate Neale Cooper

Dinner: A Love Story

By Jenny Rosenstrach

A newsletter devoted to reading, eating, and family dinner, however you define "family" and however you define "dinner." Written by the bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series including, most recently "The Weekday Vegetarians."

Jenny's writing is part memoir and part cookbook, but whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. In addition to food, she shares great reading and travel tips.

- Kate Neale Cooper

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

By Carissa Potter

emotional messes & intimate conversations

Striking the balance between sharing and oversharing is hard so I enjoy learning from other writers who are trying to get it right. Like me, Carissa is the mother of a medically complex child. I enjoy her Q&As and much as her essays.

- Kate Neale Cooper

The Cereal Aisle by Leandra Medine Cohen

A newsletter about how to get dressed (mostly).

I was a big fan of Man Repeller and have so much admiration for Leandra, who started her own media company while still a student at The New School. This is smart fashion writing for women who think. Her personal essays are enjoyable, too.

- Kate Neale Cooper

Maybe Baby

By Haley Nahman

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both.

Haley Nahman and I have almost nothing in common, but I love to "hear" her think. "Season of Envy" (June 12, 2022) is one of the best essays I've read this year. Hers may have been the first Substack I subscribed to.

- Kate Neale Cooper

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you