Mike Nagel
@misternagel
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Bullshit essayist. Author of DUPLEX (Autofocus Books, '22) and CULDESAC (Autofocus Books, '24). Father of Costcocore. Old enough to know better.
Dallas
Joined March 2017
Stoooked to finally officially announce this! 🔥. The fine folks at Artie Audio have turned Duplex into an audiobook read by the absolutely brilliant @timheidecker. What a freakin dream. Listen on Audible, Spotify, etc!
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RT @PunyFingers: "It’s not uncommon, halfway through your life, to catch a glimpse of yourself in the bathroom mirror and experience a brie….
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Back when I first started writing 15 years ago, my only goal was to get something into @The_Rumpus. So this is kind of a big day for me.
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RT @augstone: I had a fantastic chat with Mike Nagel for the latest Counterforce podcast. One of my favourite interviews. Actually, it wasn….
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RT @jonwaddy: All assholes should report to @DeepVellum at 10am on Saturday, July 18th for readings by @kylerseibel and his asshole friends….
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Really really good.
My lecture "30 Ideas About Writing Nonfiction" is up at @thecreativeindp today. Includes thoughts about structure, scale, tone, authority, titles, surprise, and what the word "interesting" means (it's one of my favorite words):
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RT @neonpajamas: two ridiculous, absurd, tender, laugh-out-loud slim books by Mike Nagel. I finished (and loved) Duplex back in 2022 & I fi….
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RT @neonpajamas: I’m very serious about the books I take with me on vacation . (blank spine is Cold Dogs by Zan de Parry) .
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RT @DeepVellum: We are $3,000~ away from being able to completely replace the NEA grant funding that was taken away from Deep Vellum and @o….
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RT @neonpajamas: TODAY’S MY BIRTHDAY & I LAUNCHED AN INDIE PRESS & OUR FIRST BOOK IS OUT TODAY!. It would mean the world if you grabbed a c….
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Has one of my all-time favorite lines of dialogue, by a 911 operator:. "911, what's your goddam emergency?".
2 years old today. Still proud of how this turned out. Thank you @FutureTenseBook and everyone who’s shown interest in my fiction in any way. I still have a few copies, lmk if you want one signed and shipped ❤️
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Certified banger.
2 years old today. Still proud of how this turned out. Thank you @FutureTenseBook and everyone who’s shown interest in my fiction in any way. I still have a few copies, lmk if you want one signed and shipped ❤️
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Loved chatting with James about Unintentionalism, my hair, and not having an imagination. 👇👇👇.
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Love this from @zachalanmichael 🔥🔥. "He’s wearing a shirt that says ‘TRUTH OR BUST,’ and this seems to speak to my Grandpa Darryl, who is a big fan of the truth.".
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RT @deserthorror: Do I put the @misternagel sticker on my story journal or my journal of the Gospels?
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RT @crystawrites: Had a really nice time at Morning, Fuckers Tulsa tonight. Met some great people, heard some really exceptional reading, a….
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RT @neonpajamas: Mike Nagel just gave one of the funniest readings I’ve ever heard @misternagel.
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