Michael Deagler
@MichaelDeagler
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EARLY SOBRIETIES @astrahousebooks
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2015
Thrilled to learn that Early Sobrieties has won the PEN/Hemingway Award (sticker forthcoming….) @astrahousebooks @PENamerica
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Check out “The Pleasure of a Working Life” by MFA alum @MichaelDeagler in this year’s Best Short Stories, edited by Edward P. Jones!
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Against my better judgement, I have started a Substack about politics and culture and so on, etc. https://t.co/pFmEooLbrL
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my new book of stories, Are People Out There, officially drops on 10/31, but you can PRE-ORDER now: https://t.co/9y6u5vSAYB
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I have a new semi-true short story out in Epoch entitled “The Rider” about a strange occurrence on a camping trip and, a year later, watching the Hollywood fire from a friend’s roof. The two felt somehow connected so I turned them into one. DM for the story or buy it from them!
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i have a new story up at Cleveland Review of Books--it is the title story of my forthcoming collection with @FutureTenseBook. it's about a baby.
"In any case, my friend—the one with the baby—has been messaging me recently online and asking what is wrong with me. I never answer." new fiction, from "Are People Out There" by Shane Kowalski (@diedisappointed) https://t.co/pPv3ZMW2ZF
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A big win for a local voice: Bucks County author Michael Deagler just earned the PEN Hemingway Award for his debut novel "Early Sobrieties".
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a wonderful, wonderfully odd, and kinda perfectly "Kowalski-y" story today from @diedisappointed! "I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!" https://t.co/08FoagkzJC
havehashad.com
I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock! For most of the previous 1,500 words, the...
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Very excited to share the cover for WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME!!! ❄️🩵💫 In bookstores Sept. 2 & available for preorder now! Thank you so much, @CopperCanyonPrs! 🤍
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Happy pub day to @HarrisLahti and FORECLOSURE GOTHIC. Been looking forward to this one since I first heard about it: a haunted home renovation novel written by a genuine home renovation professional
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My debut novel, Foreclosure Gothic, is out today. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including my father for allowing the inclusion of this grainy still from his Pert shampoo commercial, among others things. Order here: https://t.co/dJMN3YgA9g
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i have 5 very short stories up at Terrazo Mag today. for a time there i was writing Titanic-inspired riffs & conspiracies, but then kind of stopped when that submersible imploded. anyway, here they are + an interview, with many thanks to Gina Nutt: https://t.co/JjEf4LMo5g
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HAPPY PUB DAY TO OUR VERY OWN PRIDE AND JOY BABY BOY, @kevinmkearney!! FREELANCE FOREVER!! https://t.co/6aI8f7gdpg
asterismbooks.com
Simon McNamara might only be 19, but he knows he’s destined for greatness. Sure, he barely finished high school. And, okay, he’s hopelessly in love with Angelica, an OnlyFans girl who constantly...
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Happy Pub Day to @kevinmkearney and FREELANCE, an indispensable addition to the “existentially adrift in Philadelphia” literary genre (my fav)
asterismbooks.com
Simon McNamara might only be 19, but he knows he’s destined for greatness. Sure, he barely finished high school. And, okay, he’s hopelessly in love with Angelica, an OnlyFans girl who constantly...
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i have three pieces in the new blush, one of which is right here for your perusal 👇
The 2025 edition of our poetry journal is live! More horrific white of the page or whatever the French call it! Read online: https://t.co/BQewYS2BiF
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PEN America has revealed the winners of its 2025 awards. Michael Deagler won the PEN/Hemingway Award for his debut novel, EARLY SOBRIETIES. Jason Roberts was awarded for EVERY LIVING THING, which last week won the Pulitzer Prize. @PENamerica
https://t.co/nG3jbmAjb4
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CONGRATULATIONS to MFA alum @MichaelDeagler! We’re thrilled EARLY SOBRIETIES is getting the recognition it so deserves!
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EARLY SOBRIETIES author @MichaelDeagler won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel at last week's @PENamerica Literary Awards
publishersweekly.com
While it was largely business as usual following the cancelation of last year’s ceremony, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award was not conferred for a second year in a row due to nominee withdrawals. The...
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.@people covered the @PENamerica awards finalists, featuring @MichaelDeagler's EARLY SOBRIETIES and @byjessekatz's THE RENT COLLECTORS
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On April 11, PEN America announced the finalists for their prestigious literary awards. The organization bestows the honor to authors and translators across genres, for their “dynamic and thought-p...
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