Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Mean Joe And The Kid

George Getschow:

Penny Hawkey set out to write the Great American Novel. Instead, she ended up writing the Great American Ad.

"What does a great novel have to do with a great ad?" you ask.

They both have the same DNA, the stuff of great storytelling.

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