Michael Gural-Maiello
Journalist, essayist, playwright and author who held editorial positions at Forbes for 10 years and has also written for The New York Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone, McSweeney's, Reuters, The Daily Beast, Weekly Humorist, Splitsider, The Awl and more. Substack at: https://middlebrowmusings.substack.com/
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Untitled collection

“We Don't Carry That.”

We’ve wrecked our supply chains.

Why Hulk Hogan Matters...

...with a lot of respect to Brian R. Solomon.

Sarah Connor Sent Me To Delay Construction of That Data Center.

Total Recall?

The Promotion of M

Book Swan.

Liars and Cheats and Plagiarists Succeed

It's very demoralizing.

They Called You A Surrealist...

But did you believe them?

Looking for Frank Wills: A Novel

A fresh perspective on Watergate’s forgotten hero.

Sticks, Stones and Broken Bones

MMA isn't necessarily trashy.

The Ballad of John Henry (2026)

Modern folklore.

Everything is Fake Now

These days, you can't take anything for Granta.

Going National

Ted Turner and the death of regional culture.