Trauma For Dummies

Occasional notes from Elizabeth McCracken

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Writing at the intersection of creativity, neurodivergence, and the more-than-human world; looking closely for the self who inhabits all three.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Weekly cartoons from the sketchbook of New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Cultural Pith, Terrible Secrets and Quality Rants. Two fresh original pieces and two obscure throwback articles a month, with audio performances and oil paintings for all.

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things. www.lianafinck.com

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