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Newsletter · By Jess Barker · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    No. 3 // Shade Garden (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    Inhabiting Emptiness (opens the original)

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    Hi, everyone.Hope the start of September has been kind to you. Today I’m sharing essay no. 2 from my creative nonfiction series. It’s always strange to revise something I’ve written weeks ago. I go in thinking I’ll just clean up my prose and tinker with the details, but then I find myself reading an essay that feels like it was written by someone else entirely. Do you ever get that feeling with things you’ve created? Perhaps it’s a good thing. Either way, it’s fitting for an essay about stepping

  3. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    I’m 33 and My Retirement Home Is a Big, Pink Dollhouse (opens the original)

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    Hi, everyone!Today I’m sharing the first essay from my new creative nonfiction series.Thanks to everyone for the warm response already – I’ve gotten so many nice notes from folks cheering on my evolution, and lots of encouraging feedback from my writers’ group. And the cherry on top is that my newsletter somehow hit the Substack “Rising Publications” leaderboard on launch day! Top 50 in the “Home & Garden” category. How the rankings are actually determined is a bit of a mystery – but hey, kind o

  4. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    Another Door Opens (opens the original)

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    Hi everyone,Jess here. 👋 If you’re reading this, thank you for your interest in my creative work! Whether you found me through my writing, an event, a project-related survey, or a friend-of-a-friend, I’m glad we crossed paths.One fun fact about me is that I’m a passion project pivoter. First, I was teaching art workshops and writing a craft blog. Then I got into jewelry writing, which turned into jewelry design. After that, I started Multifaceted, a Substack newsletter about

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