100+
paid subscribers
2K+
free subscribers

The Tourist

About the Substack

This is a public notebook of the stuff I've been reading, thinking, and publishing recently.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only posts and full archive
  • Post comments and join the community

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $45 a year
  • $5 a month

About Phil Christman

Author of "How to Be Normal" (Belt, 2022) and "Midwest Futures" (Belt, 2020), Lecturer in the English Department Writing Program at University of Michigan

Is this your Substack? Request changes.

The Tourist's recommended Substacks

A Year of Bach logo
Evan Goldfine

A Year of Bach

Bach is the greatest, and I haven't yet heard his complete catalog, so in 2024, I'm listening to every Bach composition and writing about it here.

1K+
free subscribers
Brandyโ€™s Substack logo
Brandy Jensen

Brandyโ€™s Substack

Life advice from someone who should really know better by now

4K+
free subscribers
Lyta's List logo
Lyta Gold

Lyta's List

Reviews, recommendations, rants, and pet pics the likes of which you have never seen

Harperโ€™s Magazine logo
Harperโ€™s Magazine

Harperโ€™s Magazine

The free, weekly features of Americaโ€™s oldest general-interest monthly.

1K+
free subscribers