Michael B. Tager
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  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    January 1, 2018

    Top Ten Lists are cool. This is not a Top Ten List: January, 2018

    January 1, 2018 I like lists. I’ve always liked lists. There’s a pleasure in categorizing life and tastes and loves. Putting order to the brain brings calm. It brings Zen. It brings ocean waves and gentle breezes that waft, like, lavender or something. During a ten-hour train voyage, I put together my top 100 movie list. I used an intricate … Keep reading
    Tags: 2017, 2018, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Beloved, BMoreArt, Kyle MacLachlan, Legion, Lisa Turtle, Lucy Liu, Saved by the Bell, The New Mutants, The Ottobar, The Woods, Top Ten, Women Write About Comics, Writers and Words, zine
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    December 1, 2017

    I didn’t think I was reading and writing, but maybe I’m doing both so what the hell do I know? December 1, 2017

    Back in 2005, I did one of those cliche backpack-around-Europe things. It was awesome, obviously. I met tons of people, saw tons of sites (including my favorite Renaissance painting, the School of Athens!), did all the cool things. I also read a LOT, a lot more than I ever expected because there’s a ton of down time when you’re not … Keep reading
    Tags: Art, Barrelhouse, Bong-Ripping Brides of Count Drogado, Cool Hand Luke, Danny Caine, Dave K., David Attenborough, Erin Dorney, Fable, Fallout 4, Fawlty Towers, Feast for Crows, Five Easy Pieces, Harry Potter, Hobart, James Joyce, Knights of the Old Republic, Last Picture Show, Leisure Suit Larry, Mason Jar Press, New Mutants, Publishing, Raphael, Reading, School of Athens, Tyrese Coleman, Writing, X-Factor
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    November 1, 2017

    Apple Bottom Blog. November 1, 2017

    Just like everyone else, I get songs stuck in my head a lot. I’ve had this one in there for the past week. I’m not exactly sad about this, as it’s kind of a banger. Importantly, it’s gotten me thinking about the past. This song is embedded in my early 20s, in a really pivotal period of my life, when I … Keep reading
    Tags: Americorps, Ananda Devi, Babe Press, Barrelhouse, BMoreArt, Bong-Ripping Brides of Count Drogado, celeste doaks, Collagist, Conversations and Connections, David Attenborough, Eastside Boys, Eve Out of Her Ruins, Game of Thrones, Get Low, Hot Pie, Lil Jon, Little Patuxent Review, Lizzie Travis, Mason Jar Press, Michelle Junot, Steven Leyva, Taye Diggs, The Young Widower's Handbook, Tom McAllister, Writers & Words, York College of Pennsylvania
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    October 12, 2017

    Taking too much: October 1, 2017

    It’s been a slow couple months. Part of that is due to the nature of the Summer, part is due to my own work flow. I’ve been concentrating on a lot of work, trying to make everything I do quality, and letting certain aspects slip. This is a problem, because if I’m doing lots of stuff, but all of it … Keep reading
    Tags: Babe Press, Bjork, BMoreArt, Bong-Ripping Brides of Count Drogado, Cartridge Lit, Come Back, Dave K., Derrick Weston Brown, Fallout 2, Hey You, Hobart, Jen Michalski, Kyle MacLachlan, Mason Jar Press, Rogue Reading, SFWP Quarterly, Urban Fantasy Submission Calls
  • Topic: Uncategorized
    July 21, 2017

    The Gorgeous Artist Races. July 21, 2017

    My update is a week and a half early. I’m not really an early kind of guy because I used to be the dude who didn’t understand that a party starting at 9:00 pm didn’t actually begin until at least 10:30. I was the dude who would show up at 9:00 on the dot and be puzzled why the hosts were kind of … Keep reading
    Tags: Babe Press, Cartridge Lit, Charity, Dublin Roasters Coffee, LitPub, NASTY, OutWrite, poetry, Queen Mob's Teahouse, Reston Reading, Swim Race, The X-Men, Tracy Dimond, Writers in Baltimore Schools
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    June 1, 2017

    Light Jacket Season! June 1, 2017

    It’s June now and it’s light jacket season for only a short time longer. I love light jacket season. I spent a lot of time watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and there’s one article of clothing the denizens of Sunnydale, California have a lot of, it’s light jackets. From one episode to the next, it was a never-ending series of cool-looking garb … Keep reading
    Tags: Andrew Ervin, Baltimore Rock Opera, Barrelhouse, BMoreArt, Buffy the vampire slayer, Cartridge Lit, Electric Literature, Excuse My Dust, Grub Street, Light jacket, Mason Jar Press, Philadelphia, Reading, Reston Reading, Towson Uninversity
  • Topic: Updates and Anecdotes
    April 12, 2017

    Want to get tea? April 1, 2017

    April 1, 2017 Hi y’all! I’ve had a busy, busy few months. It reminded me of that time where I was busy for three years in my mid-20s and a lot happened and I definitely almost went to the emergency room. See, I went to visit some friends in Connecticut, which was three hours away from me in Manchester, NH. And … Keep reading
    Tags: Black Ladies Brunch Collective, BMoreArt, Cartridge Lit, D is for Dinosaur, Enoch Pratt, Rhonda Parrish, Writers & Words
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