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Shades of Greaves

Humor and personal essays from New Yorker and McSweeney's contributor Carlos Greaves

Newsletter · By Carlos Greaves · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    An Open Letter to My Childhood Bookstore (opens the original)

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    Before I get into it, a reminder that I’ll be chatting with the one and only Amran Gowani tomorrow at 8:00pm ET. It’s gonna be a blast!Livestream LinkAlso, East Coast, Ginny and I are coming your way for book events THIS WEEKEND.9/18 - Washington D.C. - Lost City Books - RSVP here9/20 - New York City - Caveat NYC - <a href="https://caveat.nyc

  2. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Thanks to a Generous Donation, the United States Supreme Court Will Be Renamed the Koch Center for Justice (opens the original)

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    It’s officially pub day!!! Obey in Advance: How to Survive (and Thrive) Under Authoritarianism is available wherever you get your books (more on that later). Like last week, I’m sharing an excerpt from the book today:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MYp3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a9511d-8375-44cb-ae7e-e4a4477c

  3. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    Corruption Has Gotten Way Too Lazy (opens the original)

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    This used to be a proper country. One where people acknowledged a difference between right and wrong, and agreed that if you wanted to do wrong, you had to do it in a dimly lit backroom full of cigar smoke. Now, when I, Richard Nixon, look up at the United States from my fiery torture chamber in Hell, I see a level of laziness, stupidity, and petty corruption I never thought possible. And I once knew a guy who went by the code name “Deep Throat.”How did this country get to the point where the pr

  5. Issue · Jul 22, 2026

    La Ñapa #13: From Tweet to Sketch (opens the original)

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