Substacks recommended by Zane Perdue

Recommended by Zane Perdue

reviews by kate wagner of buildings, books, cultural artifacts, and other such things that have already existed for awhile

I would subscribe to read the footnotes alone. This is the kind of critical essayism that one hopes for but rarely finds on Substack.

- Zane Perdue

americanbaron

By Baron Ryan

writings about my life and stuff.

Baron's writing is a refreshing combination of sarcasm, reflexivity, humor and honesty.

- Zane Perdue

Out of your Element

By cassandra

I'm always impressed by the perfect balance of tone that Cassandra seems to strike with ease. Conversational without being patronizing; intelligent without being self-congratulating.

- Zane Perdue

Getting Spooked

By Tanner F. Boyle

Supernatural psyops and the intersection between the paranormal & the parapolitical.

This has easily been my favorite para-political Substack and does justice to the double-meaning of "spook".

- Zane Perdue

Vague Blue

By Terry Nguyen

A critic's notebook. Dispatches on art, literature, culture, etc.

Having a unique voice when it comes to contemporary cultural criticism is difficult; Terry Nguyen makes it look like no problem. Vague Blue is not only incisive and fun to read but aesthetically satisfying.

- Zane Perdue

NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS

By Yasha Levine

A newsletter and a bedtime podcast attached. We are from your future.

Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley... Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller... F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald... Who cares, they're all dead! It's NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS, Yasha and Evgenia!

- Zane Perdue