Substacks recommended by Erik Davis | Burning Shore

Recommended by 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

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 of the month

Auraist: picking the best-written books of the month

32K+ readers. Followers, please note that only free or paid subscribers receive our picks of the best-written books from US & UK prize shortlists & major reviews, & masterclasses by their (sometimes world-renowned) authors on prose style.

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

Res Obscura

By Benjamin Breen

Notes on the history of technology, medicine, science, art, drugs, and empire. Also: AI in research and teaching.

The Celestial Guide of Doomscrolling

VØID CONTEMPLATION TACTICS

VØID CONTEMPLATION TACTICS

By Daniel Chamberlin

Inter-Dimensional Music FM, Basking in Gravity, and Non-Self Improvement

Rave New World

By Michelle Lhooq

Field notes from the frontiers of drugs and raving, by gonzo reporter Michelle Lhooq

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