Shades of Greaves
Yes, Substack Really Will Replace the Book Publishing Industry
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NPR
Even I, Satan, Am Appalled by the State of the Republican Party
(Originally published in McSweeney’s)
A Visit From the Tune Squad
Excerpts From a Sitcom Set in New York City by Writers Who Are Clearly from California
Script of Every Movie Set in Boston
Work E-Mails During an Apocalypse
An Episode of “Euphoria,” Based Solely on the Jokes I’ve Seen About It on Social Media
Plots of Nineteen-Eighties Movies if Their Protagonists Had Been People of Color
(17th most-read Shouts article of 2021)
Leaked Transcript of the Secret Meeting Where Democrats Control the Weather
Schedule of Speakers for the 2024 Republican National Convention
How to Become a Professional Writer
Math Concepts the State of Florida Finds Objectionable
(7th most-read McSweeney’s article of 2022)
A Jeopardy! Board for Determining Who Should Be the Next Host of Jeopardy!
(14th most-read McSweeney’s article of 2021)
Are You Allowed to Criticize Simone Biles?: A Decision Tree
(2nd most-read McSweeney’s article of 2021)
Schedule of Speakers for the 2020 Republican National Convention
(14th most-read McSweeney’s article of 2020)
The Only Acceptable Form of Black Protest Is to Stand in This Field in Rural Nebraska and Scream Into the Void
Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That’s No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park
(3rd most-read McSweeney’s article of 2020)
As a 28-Year-Old Latino, I’m Shocked My New Novel, Memoirs of a Middle Aged White Lady, Has Been so Poorly Received
(16th most-read McSweeney’s article of 2020; Featured in NPR podcast Selected Shorts)
LEVEL
14 Questions We STILL Have About the Montgomery Riverboat Brawl
We Found Ice Cube’s Gratitude Journal Entries From “It Was a Good Day”
The 55 Biggest, Blackest Dad Jokes You’ve Never Heard
Flexx
10 Types of Vicks VapoRub Your Abuela Keeps Around the House
(Listen to me reading this piece for Latinx Lit Mag here)