• Internet Tendency
  • The Store
  • Books Division
  • Quarterly Concern
  • The Believer
  • Donate
McSweeney’s
Internet Tendency
Daily humor almost every day since 1998.
Daily humor almost every day since 1998.
The Believer Magazine

Subscribe today to climb aboard this unstoppable train of a literary journal.

Dan Kennedy

Articles by

Dan Kennedy

Email X

Dan Kennedy is author of the books American Spirit, Rock On, and Loser Goes First. He is host of The Moth storytelling podcast and a host and performer at Moth live events. He lives in downtown New York.

  • April 7, 2025
    Copy and Paste Any of These Out-of-Office Replies for Your Personal Use
    by Dan Kennedy
  • October 23, 2024
    If Jack Kerouac Tried to Write On the Road Now
    by Dan Kennedy
  • August 21, 2024
    I’ve Made Small Tweaks to Three Scenes in Your Sitcom
    by Dan Kennedy
  • June 24, 2024
    My Recent Interview to Simply Rent a Small House in Los Angeles for Six Months
    by Dan Kennedy
  • March 26, 2024
    If I Had Been in the 1991 Movie Point Break Instead of Keanu Reeves
    by Dan Kennedy
  • February 7, 2024
    Pitching PBS My Refreshingly Violent Twist on Antiques Roadshow
    by Dan Kennedy
  • September 20, 2023
    Let’s Sell Your Basic House for More Than a Million Goddamn Dollars
    by Dan Kennedy
  • August 22, 2023
    We Invent Bullshit Words to Get You to Buy All-New Outdoor Equipment
    by Dan Kennedy
  • July 26, 2023
    Use My New Slang in Meetings and Score Accordingly
    by Dan Kennedy
  • May 10, 2023
    The Fückin’ Rad Art of Swedish Death Metal Cleaning
    by Dan Kennedy
  • February 23, 2023
    Obsolete Chain Restaurant Mascots
    by Dan Kennedy
  • September 27, 2022
    Ineffective Emotional Monologues Deleted from Three Movies
    by Dan Kennedy
1 2 3 4 5 … ⇨
Trending 🔥
  1. May 28, 2025
    test
    by The Editors of McSweeney’s
  2. July 23, 2019
    Death of a Music Man
    by Nick Hornedo
  3. May 5, 2025
    Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
    by Emily Greenberg and Cliff Mayotte
  4. May 16, 2025
    Excerpts from The Believer: Ask Carrie, Spring 2025
    by Carrie Brownstein
Recently
  • May 22, 2025
    This Isn’t the Future We at Dippin’ Dots Envisioned
    by Rachel Koren
  • May 22, 2025
    Reviews of New Food: Skittles POP’d Freeze Dried Candy
    by John Warner
  • May 21, 2025
    Hope Is the Thing with Funding—and We’re Yanking Yours
    by S.M. Strand
  • May 21, 2025
    I Am Your Surgeon, and I Will Be Wearing This Hat
    by Eric Bressman
McSweeney’s is an independent nonprofit publishing company based in San Francisco.
As well as operating a daily humor website, we also publish Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Illustoria and an ever-growing selection of books under various imprints. You can buy all of these things from our online store. You can support us today by making a donation.

We are committed to our environment. Each year, we purchase carbon offsets commensurate with our estimate of the impact of the printing, shipping, and travel necessary to publish our books and magazines. We are continually working to minimize our impact on the planet by examining every business decision through a lens of sustainability. To support this effort, or to learn more, please write to executive director Amanda Uhle.
  • Internet Tendency
  • The Store
  • Books Division
  • Quarterly Concern
  • The Believer
  • Donate
  • About Us
  • Events
  • Email Newsletter
  • Advertise
  • Store Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Internships
  • Submission Guidelines
Copyright © 1998–2025, McSweeney’s Literary Arts Fund.
All Rights Reserved.
Search Magnifying Glass
  • Internet Tendency
  • The Store
  • Books Division
  • Quarterly Concern
  • The Believer
  • Donate