The Zong

The Zong strives to seek out the opinions of great writers with ambitious aims that have nothing to do with getting paid. We are:

M.G. stands for Matt Glaser, and insofar as these pages are edited, he is currently the editor. His work has appeared in the comments section of the Washington Post website, and on wikipedia.org for a few seconds before being deleted by moderators. His hobbies include get-rich-quick schemes and writing the first 30 pages of novels.

J.A. stands for Joe Alterio, the eloquent purveyor of aesthetics on the Good Work Blog, and a talented illustrator with foreign-policy cred. He founded the infamous Manifesto Magazine zine, a robust publication stalled after two issues by the nefarious work of undercover IRS operatives. Every time he posts on The Zong, Ralph Nader gets an erection.

E.Z. stands for Ed Zagangori, who accidentally coined the term “Zong” before it was cool to coin terms that used to be the names of slave ships. EZ’s knowledge of the sporting life is vast and deep, like God’s bathtub, and he will endow the Zong with factual integrity heretofore unmatched by the lowly editor, who drinks and cries as he writes.

J.R.B. is short for The Muthafuckin’ J.R.B., which is what we used to call Jason Beck before he shuffled off to South Africa and took on some name none of us can pronounce. Luckily, he has returned to the fold and will wax common-sensical on the plight of our planet’s most-ignored continent. Hint: It’s not South America.