Recommended by Jenn Pike
poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video
Sherman Alexie was always held up as an example of a great writer as I was earning my degree in creative writing at University of Washington. I admit there is a sense of awe for me that he and I are both on Substack. And his writing is just as good now as it was then.
Three verticals: Memoir Monday: A collaboration among Granta, Guernica, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Oldster Magazine; First Person Singular original essays; The Lit Lab interviews + craft essays.
I love reading the slices of people's lives they choose to share.