Michael B. Tager
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  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    January 3, 2019

    New York! I’ll be inside you!; January, 2019

    2018, am I right? What a time. Things happened and that one dude was like, “what up” and then he turned out to be a jerk and then that person was all, “woah” and that was a thing. But really, it’s all nonsense cause time is an illusion and poets lie and we’ll all be stardust again. So, let’s ignore … Keep reading
    Tags: Dragon Age: Origins, How to Sit, PEN Awards, Pidegonholes, Prince, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Trumpet Fiction, Tyrese Coleman, Violent Femmes
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    December 4, 2018

    Blogmas Tour, or, Part Wit Dat Money!; December, 2018

    Ima skipping my normal monthly blog spiel–the one with the anecdote– because I want to talk a little about the Blogmas thing I’m doing with the editor of the Alphabet Anthology series I’ve been a part of, Rhonda Parrish. Every year she organizes a blog tour of her fellow writers to benefit the Edmonton Food Bank (Rhonda is Canadian). Back in … Keep reading
    Tags: Alphabet Anthology, Americorps, Barrelhouse, Blogmas, Chadwick Ginther, Christmas, Edmonton Food Bank, fourW, Giftmas, King Missile, Manchester Food Bank, pidgeonholes, Rhonda Parrish, Riverdale, Ryan Reynolds, Spec Script, Stephanie A. Cain
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    November 1, 2018

    I Don’t Know What the Next Step Is (and I Feel Fine)–A Memoir: November, 2018

    After college, I applied to Americorps, not on a whim, but as a planned action. That kind of foresight was unusual for me, though I’d had flashes of long-sighted maturity throughout my development. Just not a lot of it. And I wasn’t sure if I’d get in or if it would do what I wanted it to do–guide my career … Keep reading
    Tags: Americorps, Barrelhouse, celeste doaks, Conversations and Connections, How to Sit, Incredibles 2, Lucas Southworth, Mason Jar Press, Ni No Kuni 2, Survivor, Tafisha Edwards, Tyrese Coleman
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    October 1, 2018

    It’s not funny anymore: October, 2018

    When I was 22, I went to a party on a college campus. I was invited by my friend who was invited by this girl he was seeing who was invited by her best friend who knew the host. So, I was basically a random old dude. When I got there with my buddies, I made a beeline for the … Keep reading
    Tags: Barrelhouse, Bjork, Carmen Maria Machado, Goethe Institut, Her Body and Other Parties, How to Sit, Joe vs. the volcano, PS4, The Banner Saga, the fall of men, The Inner Loop, The Walking Dead, Tyrese Coleman, Wyman Park
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    August 1, 2018

    It’s Not (Just) About Me: August 2018

    I write a lot about myself. Which is fine and dandy (this is my website after all). But it’s important to remember that it’s all a community, and the writing community is as supportive as can be. So, instead of talking about myself or sharing my work, here’s some writing from some of those out there that I love and … Keep reading
    Tags: atticus review, Barrelhouse, cats, Dave Housley, Dave K., dorothy bendel, jaime fountaine, Jeannie vanasco, Jen Michalski, josh jones, Justin Sanders, K. C. Mead-Brewer, mandy may, Meghan Phillips, Nebula award, oort cloud, oxford comma, project runway, saida agostini, Sarah Pinsker, star trek, Stephen Zerance, Steven Leyva, the grateful dead, Towson
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    July 2, 2018

    I’m Pretty Damned Lucky: July, 2018

    You might not have heard I hurt my back a month and some change ago. Not like, “oh, there’s a twinge. Looks like I have to skip bowling tonight” and more like, “oh my god, I can’t stand, I can’t move, I want to cry and please, please don’t let me be stuck like this forever. Please, please, please.” I … Keep reading
    Tags: Americorps, Archie Bunker, Barrelhouse, Dave Housley, David Attenborough, Erin Dorney, Jeannie vanasco, kathy fish, Longleaf Review, Mason Jar Press, Necessary Fiction, pidgeonholes, Shia LaBeouf, the glass eye, this darkness got to give
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    April 26, 2018

    Ain’t no one got time for that shit: May 2018

    I used to complain that I didn’t have time for video games. And my buddy, when I mentioned this to him, said that that was bullshit. That I could make time if I wanted, but I didn’t want to. He was right. Somehow, I found the time, because I decided it was important. Surprisingly, now I’m not playing video games. … Keep reading
    Tags: Baltimore Fishbowl, Barrelhouse, Bring it On, Buffy the vampire slayer, Enoch Pratt, Mason Jar Press, Sujata Massey
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    April 3, 2018

    Short, simple. April, 2018

    I don’t always have much to say. That’s cool. I like silence just as much as non-silence. One time when I was 7 or 8, I was down by the water, sitting on the dock. It was evening, warm, purples and oranges on the surface. I just hung there staring, thinking about whatever it is children think about. Totally happy. … Keep reading
    Tags: Barrelhouse, City Lit, Kyle MacLachlan, Mason Jar Press, The Legend of Korra, University of Baltimore, Witcher 3: The WIld Hunt
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    March 1, 2018

    The Dead Zone: March 2018

    I was recently talking to this dude about Incubus. It’s his favorite band. I had to say that I knew virtually nothing about Incubus besides it’s a band that exists. I don’t have any opinions about them, not because I care or don’t care, but because they debuted in a period of life in which I didn’t pay any attention … Keep reading
    Tags: Barrelhouse, Beloved, Black Panther, Erin Dorney, How to Sit, I Am Not Famous Anymore, Incubus, Michael B. Jordan, SFWP Quarterly, Tyrese Coleman, Witcher 3: The WIld Hunt
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    February 1, 2018

    Working Through Praise

    I’m not good at accepting good words. I’m good at giving them (hey you! Yes you reading! you’re beautiful and smart and such a hard worker) but taking compliments? Forget about it. I ain’t about that. What do you think, I gotta big head? WRONG! This is obviously stupid. We’re worthy of praise, guys. Me included. I’m working through this, ok? I … Keep reading
    Tags: Barrelhouse, Ivy Bookshop, Legion, Smokelong Quarterly, Teaches of Peaches, Undertale, York College of Pennsylvania
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