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The Substack team shares writer stories and trends shaping the way we read.
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Substack Reads is a weekly roundup of the greatest essays, art, and ideas created right here on Substack. Posts are recommended by staff and readers, and curated and edited from Substack’s U.K. outpost with writer Hannah Ray, published on Saturdays.
Substack Reads is also home of The Active Voice, a podcast hosted by Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie. Hamish talks to great writers about how they are reckoning with the challenges of the social media moment, how they find the space for themselves to create great literature and journalism despite the noise, and how to make a living amid the economic volatility of the 2020s.
Occasionally posts from the Substack team highlight emerging ideas, trends and new writers everyone should know about.
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