Honoring the Good Work of 2023: Substackers' Favorites
Your fave Substack writers' top picks of 2023.
Happy New Year, Friends!
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Last month, I asked a number of writers to think back on all the essays they had read on Substack in 2023 and send me their top pick(s) of the lot. They responded most generously!
Below, you will find their recommendations, a list that certainly contains some of the very best posts of 2023. Get yourself a steaming cup of tea or coffee and dive in!
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“Hercules, Hydra, and the Holidays,” by
“When Teaching Children History, Start with Imagination,” by
“Voices of the Past and Their Precarious Persistences,” by
“A Refuge of Authenticity,” by
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“Love is Liturgy,” by
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“Tech in the Family Home,” by
“What Care Demands,” by
“Thank You, Joyce,” by
“Watch the Great Fall,” by
“Saint Jodocus,” by
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“Why Athens and Jerusalem Still Need Each Other, and Why a Healthy Democracy Needs Both,” by Nadya Williams at
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“God’s Question and Mine,” by
“In Defense of Big Families,” by
“We Will All Become Boring,” by
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“Feeling Like Both the Rose and the Rain,” by
“One,” by
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“Three Poems,” by
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“I’m a Quitter,” by
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“‘Caledonia.’ Is Folk Music Essential?” by
“Why Inquire,” by
“A Descent into the Maelstrom,” by
“The Great Forgetting,” by
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“The Upside of Risk,” by
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“In Defense of Yard Talk,” by
( also recommended this essay!)
Which was your favorite? Which would you add?
Happy New Year!
My TBR list is getting unwieldy (in a curiousity-sparking kind of way.) I'm looking forward to enjoying these essays!
Thanks, Dixie! And thanks, Ruth! I’m honored.