Madwomen & Muses

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

pop culture musings

Watch this space.

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive twice weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

sitting on the floor at 3am at the party after everybody else has gone home.

A newsletter on food culture, media, and politics from a San Juan, Puerto Rico–based writer. From the Kitchen for paid subscribers comes out on Fridays, with recipes and kitchen notes.

A newsletter about pop culture, music, movies, Succession, and Martin Scorsese not wearing his glasses anymore. Hung Up is essays, interviews, recommendations, reviews, gossip, line readings, love notes, cool stuff you want to share with your friends.

writing

Heart notes about perfume from @rachsyme and @helfitzgerald.

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)