Amy Writes Words

The true stories of an outdoor gear company founder. Served with a side of humor, randomness, dancing and an occasional 9oz chocolate chip cookie.

I wrote Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart and The Sunset Route, plus eleven thousand miles of daily hiking blogs at carrotquinn.com. This is a weekly-ish newsletter where I yammer about my dogs, living in Alaska, and the various arguments of being alive.

Writing that zooms out. New Means discusses politics in the broadest possible ways, from our neighborhoods to our workplaces to our religious lives to organizing to the ways we collectively think.

“Consistently sharp and interesting” weekly dispatches on mysterious women’s diseases, work culture, mothering, and the struggle to stop yearning for wealth and power. From a chronically ill, ex-startup CEO searching for redemption.

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Writer and historian Dr. Hanne Blank Boyd moves ideas from one place to another on Substack.

These poems are provided as-is and I will not be taking questions. "An exciting expansion to the Amy Verbs Nouns Cinematic Universe" - Nat

Writing, life, and writing life

Unusual hiking in New England

Jessica Dore, author of Tarot for Change, explores human experience using Pamela Colman Smith's images from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot.

This newsletter is very sustainable and very stylish.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

existential advice for the modern tech worker

Essays, events, and community about reimagining techno-optimism for a better collective future.

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive twice weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

Writing, art, and more from John Paul Brammer.

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.

Think more about the culture that surrounds you