contributing writer @wearemel, @ringer, & @splicetoday. seen in @theatlantic, @parisreview, &c. repped by @inkwellmgmt. co-host of @whatisleftpod 
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The 37 articles I've written for @wearemel and the 200 or so I've written for @MUGGER1955 are better than anything I ever did in grad school. 275,000 words in 18 months, covering nearly everything I've ever wanted to write about
You don't know who I am because I don't write hot takes or wade into social media feuds, but the editors I'm constantly turning down know who I am. Having a day job + three editors at three pubs who know how to edit my work (they make the edits they need) = fantastic
Aside from the people reading me to scoop the coverage I do -- I'm looking at you, other men's magazines -- or the other freelancers who ask for my connections while keeping me out of cite, I'm largely unknown, but being unknown and paid to do good work is wonderful!
I don't think there's another person working today in the "artsy" mainstream who so carefully examines the intersection where deception, social media influence, bullshit posturing, hacky publicity writing, and muscled bodies meet
And I won't let my sources talk that nonsense "placed publicity" PR drivel so many want to share in this era of the "branded self". I force them to explore uncomfortable topics that readers actually want to know about
And you've got more time to lift than in grad school!
Yes indeed, even considering my day job in the private sector
There's even the recurring character in the stories for Russ, "Oscar Berkman," who is my version of Chinaski (people frequently call me Orson or Oscar)
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