Finn Schubert

Publishing

Visuals, layout, reader experience, and you

When I published my essay collection Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here, I made the layout choices very intentionally to create a sense of spaciousness for the reader. Shea in the Catskills contributed artwork that further deepened the reader's spacious and reflective experience. I was asked about an

Knowing What You Really Want - Why I Left Substack

In response to a prompt in The Wayward Writer, I drew this: You can take up more space than you think. When people don't know what you're really about, that can be its own form of protection. I might say, "When you know what you&

Interview: Taking Our Desires Seriously

A conversation with Shea in the Catskills, creator of Tarot as Questions

The Book I Never Published

In 2019, things were falling apart, so I decided to write a novel about a trans man who tries to get pregnant and then things fall apart for him. His name was James. I signed up for Ariel Gore’s manuscript writing workshop and worked on it all summer. On

A Book Is A Spell

A Book Is A Spell

How can I learn to create a tangible object that will weave together an experience for someone else at a place and time I may never see?