Substacks recommended by Mixed Borders with Mira Kamdar

Recommended by Mixed Borders with Mira Kamdar

Citizenship and belonging amidst the rise of the far-right

Phineas Rueckert demystifies the real experience of immigrants to France. No Emilies in Paris here. And that's refreshing.

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Lettre Recommandée

By Lauren Collins

Franco-Americana by Lauren Collins

I look forward to a dose of Lauren Collins' wry wit and original takes on everything French with each new letter.

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La Matinale Européenne

By David Carretta

Tout savoir sur la bulle européenne

Tout est en train de basculer. La Matinale Européenne nous informe de ce qui est importante à l'Europe au jour le jour.

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Open Field Stories

By Megan Mayhew-Bergman

Let's talk more about the power of place.

Megan Mayhew Bergman's finely observed stories will leave you breathless. Find beauty, humanity and a love of the natural world here.

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Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

Elif Shafak is a treasure. Her books enchant. Her sincerity is palable. Her posts are short love notes to the writer's life, especially when that life crosses borders and eras.

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Amitava Kumar’s Substack

Notes and drawings. Dispatches from a writer's life.

Amitava's dispatches and drawings are among my favorite things on Substack.

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The New Paris Dispatch

By Lindsey Tramuta

Paris news, stories, events, insights, and more by journalist and four-time author Lindsey Tramuta

Take a break from all the catastrophic news and discover with Lindsey Tramuta the bubbling creativity of Paris as it really is for those of us who live here.

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Andelman Unleashed

By David A. Andelman

Yesterday Today & Tomorrow

Seasoned journalist David Andelman curates an excellent roundup of international news to help you keep up with our crazy, fast-changing world.

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Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

The Hinternet

By Justin Smith-Ruiu

It's the Internet, ἁspirated.

If you're not reading The Hinternet, are you really reading at all?

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The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

By Emily Nunn

Step into our salad laboratory. We got your leafy greens, your grains, your veg, and protein. Plus: salady guests, salady books & recipes, recipes, recipes 🥗

Sree's Sunday Note

By Sree Sreenivasan

A newsletter about digital media, our analog world, and where they meet. Tech, social and life tips from Sree Sreenivasan. Sree is the co-founder of Digimentors and former Chief Digital Officer of NYC, the Met Museum and Columbia University.

I adore Sree's Sunday Note. I have read it for years. I always learn something.

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Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.