Substacks recommended by Erik Davis

Recommended by Erik Davis

Minority Report

By Sanjiv Bhattacharya

Subcultures, outliers, the view from the fringe. A mix of reporting, essay and memoir.

Great subculture coverage, thoughtful and well written.

- Erik Davis

Transmutations

By The Berkeley Alembic

The bubbling essence of the Berkeley Alembic, a nonprofit center committed to experiments in transformation.

Ward of the State

By Martin Billheimer

Transmissions from the depths of Bubbly Creek, Chicago. Up all night, we watch the riverrun while others sleep. The caretaker welcomes and thanks you!

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ discerning readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Auraist is committed to one of my supreme principles as a writer: polishing the prose until it gleams, which is IMO just as important in nonfiction. Craft is more important than take.

- Erik Davis