McSweeney's Quarterly Subscriptions
“An enduring literary presence.”
—Chicago Tribune
Subscribe to our award-winning McSweeney’s Quarterly today..
Articles by
Elissa Bassist
Elissa Bassist edits the column Funny Women on The Rumpus and teaches humor writing at The New School, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and Catapult. Most recently her writing appears in the NYT bestseller Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, edited by Roxane Gay. Visit elissabassist.com for upcoming classes as well as cultural and personal criticism.
-
June 3, 2021Why Do You Want to Unsubscribe? WHY?!
-
July 18, 2019Things You’re More Likely to Get Arrested for Than Rape
-
May 31, 2019Writing Prompts for the Dumped
-
April 21, 2016Topics to Be Discussed During This Year’s Seder, More or Less in the Order They’ll Occur
-
July 12, 2012Harold Brodkey Explains Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.”
Trending 🔥
-
October 8, 2021A Typical Friday in Oregon, as Imagined by My East Coast Friends
-
September 2, 2021Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks
-
September 30, 2021This Is Your Kid’s School and Even Though the Emergency Contact Form Lists Your Husband, We Need You, the Mom
-
September 22, 2021It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
Recently
-
October 22, 2021Halloween Costume Ideas for New Parents
-
October 21, 2021It’s Time We Get Back to the Traditional Family Values of Absentee Fathers
-
October 21, 2021An Interview with Farah Ali About Her New Book, People Want to Live
-
October 21, 2021Due to Current Travel Mandates We’ve Decided to Make COVID-19 Testing at Our Airport a Complete Nightmare