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

Merry Christmas

I'm gone a week and the world goes to hell. What ever happened to wholesome holiday stories? Pumpkin pies and snowflaked skies and rasmuffins and tidy greetings?

Kelley has a PR guy pitching sex videos, the Florida Times-Union's Thomas Lake is curious about a nearby nudist resort, John "The Snake" Doherty tracks the history of a snow penis (classic headline), and Ramsey finds the victim of a dirty, dirty Santa.

Completely unrelated: Check out Wright Thompson in River Ridge, Louisiana. "Surrounded by students and teachers, Badeaux handed over servings of his jambalaya. Damn. The recipe was passed down from his father, and it reeked of fan boats and Mamou whiskey parties. It tasted like Louisiana, which, given the devastation the state's suffered since Hurricane Katrina hit, was a triumph."

Keep Reading

People of diverse skin tones fist bumping in a circle.Essays

How to be a Diversity Hire

1 Min
An empty hospital bed sits in a dimly lit room.Micro-Memoir

Goodnight, Grandpa

1 Min
A group of people walking across a street.Micro-Memoir

Sonder

1 Min

Leave a comment

Posting subscribes you to the Gangrey newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime.