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Su Penn

@SuPennTracked since May 2026

Me and Walt Whitman: Language-Loving Queers and Quakers.

Observed Aug 25, 2026 · stalePublic earnings

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−13.9% · 30-day rate from 24 observed days

Total audience

incl. free followers

Observed monthly earnings

$76

Starting price

$5/mo

5 membership tiers

Where the 37 observed tier members sit

Membership tiers

$078.4%

Largest observed tier is $0 Free. Tier totals include free-tier members and come from the Aug 25, 2026 public snapshot, so they do not reconcile to the paid-member total.

$0/moFree2978.4% of observed tier members

$5/moThe Five Buck Tier38.1% of observed tier members

$10/moThe Ten Buck Tier38.1% of observed tier members

$20/moThe Twenty Buck Tier25.4% of observed tier members

$40/moThe Forty Buck Tier00% of observed tier members

Growth signals: Su Penn

−13.9%

8 paid members · 30-day rate from 24 observed days

Membership

1098

May 202618 weeks trackedNow

Su Penn8 members · $76/mo

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Su Penn's paid members rank in Recommended cohort
Rank	Creator and why included	Paid members	Gap vs Su Penn	Freshness
#1	KameleonWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence	9	1 more	Aug 25, 2026
#2	Su PennProfileWritingPaid members position in Recommended cohort	8	Reference	Aug 25, 2026Stale
#3	Brynn PaulinWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence	7	1 fewer	Aug 25, 2026
#3	Buddhist Recovery NetworkWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence	7	1 fewer	Aug 25, 2026

The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around Su Penn; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.

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Article Latest postPublicD. H. Lawrence Had Some Things to Say about Walt Whitman

D. H. Lawrence's 1923 book Studies in Classic American Literature played an important role establishing the American literary canon, includi

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Walt Whitman Uses the N-Word. I Reckon With It.I recently came across, in one of Whitman's notebooks, a quote about Black people that I've seen before. It pertains to, as Whitman calls thArticleJul 5, 2025Public 0 0

1785: "The first known argument for homosexual law reform in England."I recently learned that the philosopher Jeremy Bentham wrote an essay arguing for the decriminalization of homosexual acts—pederasty, as theArticleNov 3, 2025Public 0 0

Walt Whitman: A Gay Life by Gary SchmidgallI have finished Gary Schmidgall's Walt Whitman: A Gay Life, which is excellent. I highly recommend it if you're interested in a treatment ofArticleJun 13, 2025Public 0 0

Behind the Scenes: The Nerd at WorkDuring my first dinner at Pendle Hill, I sat with a congenial Friend who turned out to be the librarian here, coming in once a week to carryArticleMay 14, 1888Public 0 0

When is a romance novel not a romance novel?Since the last of his family left twenty years ago, Ivar has lived alone on a remote island in the Orkneys, where he tends to his blind cowArticleJune 6Public 0 0

On BookmakingI am binding a book, a very small book which I want to be a precious object. Precious in my hands as I make it, precious in someone else’sArticleMay 16Public 3 2

Resisting the Queer ReadingI've mostly focused here on writing about my Queer Walt Whitman project, but the research stage is winding down, and I'm moving on to reviewArticleApril 19Public 0 0

Spotting Whitman in the Wild: Cat Sebastian's "After Hours at Dooryard Books."Cat Sebastian’s novel After Hours at Dooryard Books, a romance and found-family story set in a used and antiquarian bookshop in 1968 GreenwiArticleMarch 29Public 1 2 He Passed Through a Populous CityA quick note: despite trying multiple workarounds, I have not yet figured out how to get Patreon to reliably do a hanging indent, which it dArticleMarch 6Public 0 0 Depart on Your Way: Whitman in a Less-Welcoming MoodAt times fiction by former sailors can be as revealing as fact, as authors such as Herman Melville created a type of samizdat, clandestine dImageFebruary 12Public 0 0

St. John of the Cross Lies Down With His LoveI've recently been living through a significant, extended flareup of the headache I've now had for over 30 years. Two days ago was the firstArticleJanuary 1Public 0 0

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