Megan Greenwell
@greenwell
I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream:
wait lol this is so much worse than I expected the explanation to be? they published the story based on two words, neither of which was Alito’s name??? that’s the most obviously fireable offense possible if it’s any other journalist alive????? www.npr.org/sections/npr...
You’re a German citizen, you should learn German, they said. Languages are fun, they said. Now my life is trying to make 48 possible adjective endings come naturally in conversation.
a really good type of day is one where you write for several hours and then do a little hike with a dog who takes frequent basking breaks and then read in an Adirondack chair and then go watch some World Cup at a dive bar in the woods.
writers should be more transparent about money AND probably no one needed to know that Freddie deBoer makes $300K a year.
look, I’ve written a lot of shit I’m quite proud of and would love to keep going, but if I got a quote this good even once, I might just hang it up. (from Jason Zengerle’s very good Hakeem Jeffries profile: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
my idea: EVERY summer Saturday is the perfect temperature with no rain and negligible humidity???
no parade for me as I have a job, but made sure to vote early to get The Cool Knicks Sticker.
maybe the vibes are so good because all the rich people fled Mamdanistan so only the cool people are left.
deeply uncool to find NYC the greatest city on earth, but Pride + Knicks + Cool Mayor + World Cup + summer weather really has created unprecedented vibes. Took this as a guy next to me shrieked OH MY GOD, GOD IS GAAAAAAY!
My book came out one year ago today! It's been the wildest year of my life by a long shot; I feel absurdly lucky. And some news! They've pushed back the paperback release because the hardback is still selling well (🥲), so paperback TK in early 2027!
It’s always a gift when a vulnerable person lets a reporter into the toughest parts of their lives. Sitting in on this meeting with a woman suffering so many indignities was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.
BAD COMPANY Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
was feeling SO good about this one until I needed a PG in my final round and had already used my passes.
now I can block this godforsaken website and take back my life, I was starting to get worried. (a friend theorizes it's impossible to hit without Wilt, which appears to be correct.)
watching the National Spelling Bee is worth it for @minakimes.bsky.social alone, but it’s also very entertaining to watch a nine-year-old child have to define “kitsch.” (he nailed it.)
I’ve lived in NY-7 for 10 years, and this race is WILD. 43% undecided a month out, and the gulf between newbies and old-timers is massive. And yet I’ve never once been approached by a canvasser for any candidate. emersoncollegepolling.com/new-york-cit...
reading a novel outside with a dog on your lap on a 75-degree day remains undefeated.
a friend who wants to read more narrative nonfiction asked me for a syllabus of my all-time greats, which I am now sharing on this website. (I do welcome other narrative nonfiction recommendations, but ONLY if you a) have excellent taste and b) assume I'm quite widely read.)
here’s an incomplete list of private colleges that meet 100% of a student’s demonstrated financial need. with rare exceptions, I tell students to apply exclusively to full-need schools plus *in-state* publics.
The best app is Timehop because every year I get this reminder and am delighted all over again despite (because of?) having zero memory of which corporate assholes my mother was referring to.
BAD COMPANY Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
As promised on the episode, here's a dollar for every one of Cutter Boley's passing yards against @edsbs.bsky.social's Gators last fall (plus fees). @hollyanderson.bsky.social @newap-georgia.bsky.social
a very special sneak peek of tomorrow's @columjournreview.bsky.social podcast, Charity Bowl edition. @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
This man is mad at me because I dared take him to the vet for his annual vaccines. The vet, I might note, called him the cutest pug she had ever seen and gave him an entire lick mat full of Easy Cheese, AND YET.