The Sometimes Newsletter

The Sometimes Newsletter

About the Substack

A dispatch from the desk of New York Times and internationally-bestselling author and illustrator Ella Frances Sanders, concerned primarily with paying close attention, the relationship between beauty and the mundane, and the things we fall in love with.

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• The regular, numbered newsletter remains available to all subscribers, and access to this archive also remains unpaid

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• Previously unpublished pieces, along with previews of what is currently being worked on
• Short stories
• Longer illustrated essays on subjects like creativity, language, and the natural world

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About Ella Frances Sanders

New York Times and internationally bestselling author-illustrator of books, including EATING THE SUN and LOST IN TRANSLATION, most recently EVERYTHING, BEAUTIFUL, also designer & columnist for Orion Magazine.