Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

chirps & bits of poetry, and the occasional mad ravings of a greek magpie, who, against all odds, fell in love with english words

All the ways we use food to connect with our families, friends, and communities. Written by the NYT bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series, including "The Weekday Vegetarians."

I’m a RHS Chelsea gold medallist and author sharing the simplest ways to garden. Join the community for weekly posts and chats, design guidance and gardening tips led by one of the UK's top garden designers.

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Who are Nature?

Writing on the inner conditions of sustainable creative work

Creative practices for political catharsis.

Wake up to a poem every day & slip into a slower, sweeter life.

Celebrating all things women artists

A smart new corner of the internet to talk fashion, gardens and feelings with the former editor-in-chief of ELLE & Cosmopolitan. Plus join my invite-only community. We're nice...I promise.

How to flourish in the digital age

"The Rhythm" is a piggy bank to hold my pennies. The phrase comes from Cool Runnings a movie I wrote thirty years ago.

the supreme potential of domestic space 🛋

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

What it means to be a woman in the world making slow, chewy art. Subscribe to receive a link to my free poetry workshop in your inbox!

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

What is it that's stopping you from pursuing the thing that your heart has always wanted? Guilt? Fear? Not being "good enough"? This is my wheelhouse of fascination, and these are the themes I explore in my music, and in my weekly substack.

Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.

Nine Circles +

On writing, living with cats, being a widow, movies, running, my current workshops & what we are reading, books, art, comedy, nature, gardening, friendship, more.

They're both coming for you! (Just kidding, birds aren't coming for you)

A place to explore the way the short story works.

A few thoughts on what I'm wearing, words I'm writing, and the world we wander.

Essays on the endless journey of building products, teams, and ourselves.

Get an instant logo design history lesson – discover the internet's biggest collection of logo stories with Logo Histories.

Come with us as we debunk the myth of expertise through a deep dive into the Smart Rookie pool.

Poetry on the human-nature relationship and femininity. Home of the Poetic Library.