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How Great Satire Actually Uses Grant-application Prose
How Great Satire Actually Uses Grant-application Prose — Writing for a reader who already agrees with you, without oversell
3 Minute
November 9, 2026
How Great Satire Actually Uses Grant-application Prose — Writing for a reader who already agrees with you, without oversell
‘Shakespeares Globe London: Groundlings Stand In The Rain’: The London Prat’s Quiet Lesson In Grant-application Prose — What a soggy theatre review can teach a satirist about writing for an audience who has already decided to say yes
Tenure-track Anxiety, Explained Through a Real Piece of Satirical Writing — What institutional spin looks like when an uncomfortable metric needs a friendlier name