For the Birds
Sarah Teresa Cook, Lainey S. Cronk, Amanda N. Bray, Joan Antigone, Hanna Keiner (she/her)A sanctuary for tenderhearted writers and divergent creative humans.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 247 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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For the Birds: "What if there's no problem to solve?" (summer guest post #3)
Happy new moon, birds! Today’s essay belongs to my summer series of guest posts, written in response to June’s first installment of “Write & Witness” and leading up to our second installment later this month.
Though these guest pieces span...
Why hello, Leo
Dear Bird,
This summer, I’ve been thinking about legibility.
Coherence. Composure, to a degree. The quality of being digestible to the other person.
Or the impulse—when is it desire? when is it conditioning?—to make sense.
I think ev...
August in the sanctuary
For the Birds is a newsletter and community space for tenderhearted writers and divergent creative humans. Each month, we meet for a workshop or co-writing session with the same guiding aims:
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to touch base with our creativity,
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to...
Give your readers information, but at a slant
Thanks for being here! For the Birds is built on curiosity, tenderness, and the belief that creative practice is at the heart of most things that matter.
If these essays & poemthings help inspire you, consider becoming a paying reader. You...
A vulnerable conversation about Substack's new AI detection tool
Thanks for being here! For the Birds is built on curiosity, tenderness, and the belief that good conversations will always always always be more nuanced, not less.
Today’s extra, spontaneous post is a video conversation in response to a ti...
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Sarah Teresa Cook (she / they) is a poet & essayist, creative mentor, autistic human, game show enthusiast, bug advocate, double taurus, ghost ally, and only child.
Trees, words, cheese, boats -- these hopes, free and home: my life.
Publishing advisor, longtime editor, autistic. Nearly two decades helping messages travel and studying how audiences wake up. Bring me your next project or pivot ➡️ Editorial & Audience Review
I ask a lot of questions professionally and personally.
Big-tech burnout recovered human turned life coach who thinks in spirals and constellations, not straight lines based in the US Pacific Northwest.
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