What is Luster not Polish?

This newsletter is my love letter to avid readers. It is meant to be intimate.

Each issue puts the pulse of today’s zeitgeist into literature. I talk about books in the context of conversations about culture, entertainment, productivity. Sometimes I skew book-adjacent, and muse on life.

Every issue also sends you a mood-driven literary playlist. I make book lists that are super specific and complex. They are meticulous but not serious. Light-hearted but not aloof.

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I’m Swati - an avid reader, emotional writer, and the face behind @booksnailmail on Instagram.

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Swati‘s work can be found in McSweeney's, Catapult, Denver Quarterly and more. She edits at Moot Point Magazine and lives in Oakland, CA.