Substacks recommended by Keith Christiansen

Recommended by Keith Christiansen

I wrote memos for senior government officials to make better policy decisions. Now I write them to help people like you understand our world.

SUM FLUX

By Sandolore Sykes

Welcome to SUM FLUX, a repository of extraordinary prose.

I love her artwork and she's doing some great projects. It's a thing you don't get to see too much - contemporary artwork from outside of Paris.

- Keith Christiansen

In the Inversion Field

By Sandolore Sykes in the Inversion Field

Suspended just high enough to let the earth do the moving for me. Fiction, Art, Culture, Life & Critters.

Living Elsewhere

By Gregory Garretson

Outside perspectives on the world, with all its craziness and beauty.

France in Between

By Betty Carlson

A personal yet informative take on France's small to middling towns -- the scenic, the offbeat, and the nitty-gritty.

A wonderful way to read your way through and discover France. Many gems in the older posts as well!

- Keith Christiansen

Bare Patches

By Mike Rivera

A place for poetry, stories and thoughts. Have a seat on the grass with me. Let's talk a while.

Mike Rivera's commentary on poetry is often as beautiful and insightful as his incredible well-curated selections. This substack will make you smarter.

- Keith Christiansen

Excuse My French

By Aurélie

Bonjour, I’m Aurélie. Half Parisian, half New Yorker, 100% Gen X. Writing about culture shock, work, life and all that jazz. Wanna be friends? Like / comment / subscribe! See you around.

Invasive Species

By Jeffrey Gibbs

A blog about language, writing, and looking back on home from abroad from the author of The Peril of Remembering Nice Things.

Versailles Century

By David Gemeinhardt

The court of Versailles and French high society through the words of those who were there between 1682 and 1789.

'le Bulletin'

By le Bulletin 🇫🇷by Judy MacMahon

As a Savvy Francophile, you'll adore 'le Bulletin' newsletter: a luscious deep & rich immersive weekend reading experience - by Judy MacMahon, Fondatrice MyFrenchLife.org Magazine

Lily Pond

A first-generation immigrant reflects on cross-cultural issues, inter-generational trauma, and what it means to be whole and belong in this world.

De La Soul

DA.I.S.Y AGE

Drezner’s World

By Daniel W. Drezner

A bunch of unedited stuff about international relations, American politics, political economy, the marketplace of ideas, and popular culture written by this Drezner guy