Essays
How to Make a Cult Classic
A foolproof field guide
Amran Gowani
Author. Satirist. Michigan Man. Florida Man. Dad.
Essays
Substack’s Heart of Darkness (Vol. 2)
Humans are the scariest thing imaginable
Tidbits
A Princetonian Tidbit
Recently at a Princeton alumni playdate
Satire
Query: Brown Man’s Burden
Traditional publishing’s last hope
Satire
Big Chocolate Goes to Washington
This holiday season, savor the delectable flavors of child slavery and deforestation
Essays
How to Ace Middle Age
A foolproof field guide
Poetry
A Life in Forty-Three Verses
Happy birthday to Beyoncé (and me)
Fiction
Flash Fiction Story Bag (Vol. 4)
Reader-inspired flash fiction
Satire
Perfecting the Union
The letter exchange beyond democracy
Finance & Economics
Key Takeaways from The Economist's 2023 Summer Double-Issue
Knowing is half the battle
Satire
Asymmetric Warfare
When defending yourself against evil goes wrong
Humor
There Goes the Neighborhood
A pseudo-legitimate dispatch from the mean streets of Chicago