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It’s something. It’s always something.

How did I get here?

You took a wrong turn on your way to the bank.

Who are you?

I’m Eli. I’m an American satirist. I wrote This Won’t Help, a New Yorker Best Book of 2023. This is my newsletter. I publish new writing and writing-about-writing. Part diagnosis, part catharsis, always (hopefully) funny. Nothing will cure me from reading the news — I’m hoping this does:

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