No Fun! (a mixtape) - Austin Kleon
A 2025 mix for a hot, dusty October country.| Austin Kleon
Here is the first question from my typewriter interview with Pam Grossman.| Austin Kleon
This blackout is featured at the top of today’s newsletter, “Designed to break your heart.”| Austin Kleon
I had a nice conversation with Sarah Fay about the art of writing a newsletter. You can watch the whole thing here.| Austin Kleon
In my letter, “On working bigger (or not),” I shared some notes on scale, reduction, and enlargement, including an old theory I have about the web: Online, big work gets smaller, while smaller work stays the same or gets bigger. You can use this to your advantage. For most of my career, I have worked […]| Austin Kleon
A true story. Featured in my letter, “One thing after another.”| Austin Kleon
From my letter about what I do when I finish a notebook and start a new one: The next silly ritual is selecting a “guardian spirit” for the inside cover of the notebook — a picture of someone to sort of give the notebook their blessing, start a vibe. I’m a Gemini (remember, we’re getting […]| Austin Kleon
Last Friday’s newsletter began: In Texas, it looks like fall before it feels like fall. To scramble a line from Sylvia Plath’s journal, the worst of the summer is gone, with “the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” Virginia Woolf said it well in a letter: “I feel entirely dehumanized by the […]| Austin Kleon
To celebrate the coming of fall, I’m offering 20% off my paid newsletter.| Austin Kleon
Here are two pages from my delightful typewriter interview with Kate-Bingaman Burt.| Austin Kleon
What I’ve learned from blogging every day.| Austin Kleon
Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time. Writing a page each day doesn’t seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.| Austin Kleon
A New York Times bestselling guide to sharing your creativity and getting discovered. From the author of Steal Like An Artist.| Austin Kleon
John Higgs on the decision to become a full-time writer.| Austin Kleon
On the origin of a parable in the book ART AND FEAR.| Austin Kleon
Hanif Abdurraqib on how he uses discipline in opposition to his laziness.| Austin Kleon
