Schwartz Shorts

Writing prompts, news and musings from the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.

Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tempered by a warm heart.

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

love, meditation, intuition, tarot, and yoga.

Comedy, politics, and swearing in pretty much equal amounts.

This is the home of two newsletters. Paid subscribers get Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter monthly, plus her free newsletter several times a year, which includes her "Tells Us" author series. Free subscribers get everything but the monthly Dear Sugar Letter.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.