McSweeney’s

Since 2011, I’ve been publishing original humor and satire with McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, a site that helped shape my sense of what smart, strange, sharply constructed comedy can do. The work ranges from political absurdism and pop-culture sabotage to literary parody and historical grievance, often beginning with a familiar premise before barreling somewhere unstable and ridiculous.

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“NEWS MAN BAD”: A Personnel Memo from Animal, Your Editor-In-Chief

I, Sisyphus, Am Ninety-Five Percent of the Way There

“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”:
Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System

Instead of Losing Democratic Elections, What If We Just Stopped Having Them Altogether?

The Shocking Truth About This President That We’ve Been Sitting on for Months Is Now Available for Preorder

Congratulations to Me, a Kamala Harris Voter, for Getting Exactly What I Voted For

Richard Scarry’s “What Do People Do All Day in Fascist Busytown?”

The Democrats of the Seven Kingdoms

Thanksgiving’s Going to Be a Tough One This Year, Charlie Brown

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

Ignorance Isn’t the Absence of Knowledge; It Is the Presence of Maximum Comfort

America Now Really Does Run on Dunkin’

Ernest Hemingway’s Shark Week

The Zen of Dying Quietly, and Other Teachings by Senator Joni Ernst

“This Will Be Good for You”: A Few Words from the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic

A New Hope Spreads Across a Galaxy Far, Far Away—Here’s Why That’s a Big Problem for the Republic

I’m Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, King of the Frickin’ Sea

Instagram Filters Inspired by My Parents’ Reaction to Yet Another Return Home as a Single Man Who Has Still Not Enrolled In Graduate School

Denny’s Research & Development Team Leader Doesn’t Have Time For Your Sh*t

A Hoth Realtor Addresses Some of the Concerns Being Raised Over His Decision to Turn Han Solo’s Deceased Tauntaun Into a Modest Studio Apartment

The Washington Post Inadvertently Publishes My Online Dating Profile with the Editor’s Notes Still Included

The Word Dude Reflects On Its Steady Decline from Keeping Company with Rakish 19th Century Dandies to Its Demeaning Modern Day Role as Filler for Light Beer Commercials