On Being and Timelessness

My personal Substack on Jewish artists and Jewish art

A weekly newsletter on creativity, the arts, the creative process, personal narrative, and the art of living written by writer and writing coach Sebastian Matthews.

I focus on the place where urgency meets resistance—what gets in the way of the writing the big, scary things you want to. Also, home of THE BOOK I HAD TO WRITE podcast. Currently publishes 2x a month.

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.

Short fiction and essays from Jerusalem

Yiddish Poems in Translation

A weekly dose of Rethinking - make change an opportunity

Fragments from a genizah found behind the griddle of a shuttered diner on West 66th.

On the process of writing and publishing poetry books.

Academia Made Easier: teaching, productivity, and work-life balance for people working in higher ed

Financial-market insight in picture form from the now-retired journalist. Charts are available for 2014 through 2021.

Work, burnout, religion, and the permanent crisis of knowledge. Goes out every now and then.

In a world of turmoil, one man's staying calm.

Curating fee-free (AND paying/funded) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

A newsletter about nothing and everything.