Friends, very excited for Morning, Fuckers at Winterruption 2026. We’re gonna make a little magic here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada during the depths of winter, you guys! www.showpass.com/morning26/

Got a little woo woo for the fine folks at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social. farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/woo-...

“It wasn’t until I was falling asleep later that night that I wondered: If there hadn’t been a blood clot, what had they removed?” From “Orientaton,” a new original essay by @misternagel.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/TIOZvYa

I'm so excited to share this essay by @misternagel.bsky.social for @therumpus.net with the world. I remember the first time I read it, I was delighted by how perfectly he captures the absurdity of the situation, amidst the mind-bending power of pre-emptive grief. It was an honor to edit.

I absolutely adore this @therumpus.net essay by @misternagel.bsky.social about the upside-down-ness caused by a family health emergency. #RumpusEssays therumpus.net/2025/07/17/o...

"My father-in-law’s stroke, an event that has certainly turned our lives upside down, happened at a time in my life when I was feeling a little turned around to begin with." NEW MIKE NAGEL!

Wrote about my father-in-law's stroke and the feeling of getting all turned around for one of my all-time favorite magazines @therumpus.net. 👇👇👇 therumpus.net/2025/07/17/o...

Listen to me and Aug yuck it up! We talk Vonnegut (obvs), touring, music, the whole deal. Very fun chat.

Is Brian Allen Carr legally allowed back in Texas?

It's rare that a book makes me laugh out loud, let alone to accomplish that nearly every page, let alone in a book that's as much about isolation and alcoholism and depression as it is about funny. These have become instant recs for CNF for me.

two ridiculous, absurd, tender, laugh-out-loud slim books by Mike Nagel I finished (and loved) Duplex back in 2022 & I finished (and loved) Culdesac this morning @misternagel.bsky.social @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

Hey gang, if you want a vibe, @misternagel.bsky.social has got your ideal surreal-dirtbag-sad-hilarious-grim pandemic-era-but-really-all-era essay collection right here! Out from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social! please get a copy and read it immediately!

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Five excellent Southern books selected by this guy! @southrevbooks.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social @misternagel.bsky.social Also featuring Ashleigh Bryant Phillips Charles Portis Ernest J. Gaines and the all time favorite Larry Brown southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/27/r...

Consider supporting us today! We want to publish books for a very long time. You can help! In return, you’ll get access to a handful of digital artifacts (to start), find community around artful autobiographical writing, + save a little $$ at some point. autofocusbooks.com/memberships

A pretty cool (THE coolest& best?) aspect of being an editor, and being one for so long, is falling in love with writers, being a small piece of championing them and helping them find more readers, seeing them get better and better, and watching other La become fans and fall in love too.

"They serve a dish there called “The Farmer’s Breakfast.” ... I’ve sometimes fantasized about being a farmer, even though nothing about it appeals to me. The only thing that appeals to me about being a farmer is the breakfast. I’ve sometimes fantasized, I guess I mean, about eating breakfast."

money well spent

Have you been waiting for an essay about Mr. Rogers, working at a suicide hotline, and a trip to Kansas City?? Boy do I have the perfect thing for you 🫶 www.littleengines.pub/p/another-be...

Been a huge fan of @passagesnorth.bsky.social for a v. long time. Stoked to have a new essay in their latest issue. Topics include: Plano, Texas, advertising, becoming an ordained minister, writing billboards... you get the idea. 😘✌️ www.passagesnorth.com/greetings-fr...

I am beyond proud to share our first publication!!! I fell in love with @emilylauracosta.bsky.social while reading GIRL ON GIRL (grab a copy via @rejectionlit.bsky.social!!) and am so thrilled to be able to break the Pool Party seal with such an epic piece 🔥

just finished @misternagel.bsky.social Duplex. I read the 2nd book in this epic duology 1st which means I did it wrong I think. Oddly enough, I still don’t know exactly what BEEF HAM is. Apparently this book is not about BEEF HAM. Neither is the 2nd book. What I’m saying is you should check it out.

Honored that my colleciton of essays, The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place, from Autofocus Books is on this list! (I missed this previously, whoops). independentbookreview.com/2024/12/04/t...

HAPPY MFING PUB DAY TO OUR VERY OWN SHORT STORY QUEEN, @emilylauracosta.bsky.social PRE-ORDERS OF GIRL ON GIRL WILL BE SHIPPING OUT SHORTLY!!!

If you like essays where people just kind of walk around and look at stuff, boy do I have one for you! www.nocontactmag.com/closing-time...

I love Britt's new column. Smart as hell.

If you're like me, you're probably saying, "Wait, I'm already supposed to be motherfucking Xmas shopping?" Luckily @clashbooks.bsky.social & @rejectionlit.bsky.social have taken the guesswork out of Xmas. The "Story Collection 3x Pre-Order" is the perfect gift for mom, Nana & your weird nephew Timmy

Humble suggestion to give my book, which the Independent Book Review called a must-read, to the disillusioned millennial in your life for Christmas / Yule / Winter Solstice! asterismbooks.com/product/stil...

I love this book. It will be an indie lit classic that endures, I'm sure of it.

Best thing I’ve read today.

this is great. which, I mean, of course it is. nagel is so great. always. www.littleengines.pub/p/new-stroke

“When you take care of people it's called caregiving. When you take care of places it's called caretaking. ‘Which one am I?’ I think. ‘A giver or a taker?’” Always here for new Nagel. Dude writes banger after banger.