Substacks recommended by R. Austin Barrow

Recommended by R. Austin Barrow

Skincare, business, and bestie banter. Laura & Brandy spill real talk for estheticians and small biz owners chasing glow and growth.

Qui Nguyen

Filmmaker, playwright, maybe a novelist, definitely a recovering poet... whatever, I make shit.

INSPIRED

By jen harrington

Exploring the movies that inspire me (and bore me and thrill me and disgust me and and and...) as well as insights into my life as a professional screenwriter.

Not only is Jen a fellow filmmaker, but her work is insightful and tickles the ‘ole funny bone from time to time. If you’re looking for inspiration as a creative, look no further.

- R. Austin Barrow

The Barrow Gang

By R. Austin Barrow

A weekly shot of clarity for nonprofit leaders. No fluff. Just strategy.

My second Substack with advice for nonprofits.

- R. Austin Barrow

Culture Trip

By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Better living through pop culture. A newsletter from NYT bestselling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

If you are a consumer of pop culture or an amateur connoisseur like myself, you’ll really dig the mirror Jennifer tilts up on society as she mines some of the greartest moments in pop culture history.

- R. Austin Barrow

Inneresting

By John August

A Quote-Unquote Newsletter about Writing

Excellent advice on screenwriting and things that are innneresting to screenwriters.

- R. Austin Barrow

Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

If you know, you know

- R. Austin Barrow

Read Max

By Max Read

Explaining the weird new future, one newsletter at a time. Subscribe for a twice weekly delivery of internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come.

Multi talented writer of the page, screen, and cinema.

- R. Austin Barrow