Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In the most recent issue of our newsletter, Charlotte Donlon shared three books that have influenced her work as a writer, spiritual director, and spiritual director for writers. Click here to subscribe and read more. ✍️ loom.ly/Cp9JNCc #HereBelowBooks 001
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Join us on Substack at 7 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, September 29, for a conversation with Cait West and Lourdes Torres celebrating the paperback release of Cait’s memoir Rift. 💫 open.substack.com/live-stream/379867 #HereBelowBooks 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026John West at Printer Row Lit Fest, tinkering with time machines, and more. Check out the latest #HereBelowBooks Supplement on Substack: loom.ly/-BTphaI 110
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The first edition of the Here Below Supplement just dropped with an essay from Emily Bernard. 👀 Check it out on Substack! loom.ly/K8CxtJw #HereBelowBooks 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Pausing the countdown to sweater season for a sneak peek at what's coming this spring from #HereBelowBooks 💫 021
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A week at home in Oklahoma City with Kathleen Kilcup, author of the forthcoming book Between the Light and Me: On Beauty and Violence. Preorder Kilcup’s debut memoir here: loom.ly/02yt8PA 010
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Launching in September: #HereBelow Substack. 💫 First up: Emily Bernard’s gorgeous essay on one of her personal sacred texts—tarot's The Fool. Subscribe and get it delivered straight to your inbox: loom.ly/F7OHWcs 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In Orbital, her Booker Prize–winning novel, Samantha Harvey imagines what Earth looks like to astronauts gazing down from space. #whatwearereading 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A week at home in the Hudson Valley with John West, author of the forthcoming book The Internet Will Die, and So Will You: On Learning to Live in Our Digital Age. “A book about loss that’s somehow a pleasure.” ―PJ Vogt, host of Search Engine Preorder here: loom.ly/7gfqhFc 120
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Charlotte Donlon: “And here’s one thing that’s true for all writers: moving toward more freedom in your writing practice and your creative identity is always a good idea. Always.” Read more and preorder Spiritual Direction for Writers by Charlotte Donlon here: loom.ly/9vc74rA 131
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Books are our favorite social media. Check us out in the July issue of Harper’s Magazine! 010
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Heartbreaking, hopeful, and blazingly honest, Rift: A Daughter’s Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Cait West is both exposé and invitation—a reminder that freedom is possible for those determined to claim a different life for themselves. Preorder here: loom.ly/zn6ilSY 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Digital platforms sell the illusion of infinite feeds, perfect memory, and frictionless abundance. But the “cloud” shrouds the messy reality of our digital lives: We will die, and so will everything we make. Preorder The Internet Will Die and So Will You: loom.ly/7gfqhFc 001
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026“A powerful meditation on what it means to be trapped and what it takes to break free.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) #HereBelowBooks #CoverReveal 020
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026“Written with unusual sensitivity and unflinching honesty, [this] is a story of aching loss and gritty resilience, of brokenness, beauty, and hope.” —Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne Cover reveal coming next week. #HereBelowBooks 010
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026“A Place of Encounter is the testimonial of a great thinker who for decades seems to have thought by teaching, as poets think by writing. —Shane McCrae, author of The Many Hundreds of the Scent #HereBelowBooks #CoverReveal 020
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Quoted from "A Devotional Temperament," a conversation between Garth Greenwell and James K. A. Smith held at Seattle's Hugo House, published in Image Journal, volume 106. 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 27/05/2026“This memoir is both devastating and gorgeous. Kilcup tells an unflinching story of longing, both for God and for human connection, and the human frailty—what the author calls sin—that gets in the way. —Joanna Eleftheriou, author of This Way Back 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Between the Light and Me “is a propulsive, harrowing, and ultimately ennobling book. Kathleen Kilcup has been to the abyss and back.” —Christian Wiman, author of Zero at the Bone Cover reveal coming next week. 010
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Attention is precious. The Internet Will Die, and So Will You (by John West) #HereBelowBooks #CoverReveal 092
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Look closely. Spiritual Direction for Writers (by Charlotte Donlon) #HereBelowBooks #CoverReveal 060
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026#HereBelowBooks champions books for readers whose journeys don’t map neatly onto well-worn paths. We curate beautiful, ambitious writing and foster good-faith conversations about the subversive work of being human. Curious. Restless. Paying attention. 000
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026When plans make it out of the group chat. 🪩 #HereBelowBooks 021
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Q: What does “Here Below” mean? A: Our name was inspired by a line from Marilynne Robinson’s The Death of Adam where she writes, “With all respect to heaven, the scene of miracle is here, among us.” [Continued in the comments] #HereBelowBooks 101
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026We’ve been busy assembling something worth your attention. 👀 First titles coming soon. #HereBelowBooks 031
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Our logo comes from a simple practice: learning how to look. Artist Corita Kent once sent students into the world with empty slides—small frames meant to help them notice what usually goes unseen. The lesson: attention makes the ordinary extraordinary. #HereBelowBooks begins there. 021
Here Below Books @herebelow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Pay attention. Something beautiful is taking shape. #HereBelowBooks 031
