Will Hagle
@willhagle.bsky.social
Posting incessantly this time around.
In the latest edition of @worldlittoday.bsky.social I have an essay about my 3 favorite things: Adam Sandler, Czech writing & KFC. About translating a book to a movie. In the print edition and online here: worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
September 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In the latest edition of @worldlittoday.bsky.social I have an essay about my 3 favorite things: Adam Sandler, Czech writing & KFC. About translating a book to a movie. In the print edition and online here: worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
I’ve got a story about experiencing a heavy dose of existential dread at Alex Trebek’s Estate Sale in the latest print issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social
Buy it like I bought an undrinkable bottle of 1972 Zinfandel from Trebek’s wine cellar:
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop/p/pre-o...
Buy it like I bought an undrinkable bottle of 1972 Zinfandel from Trebek’s wine cellar:
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop/p/pre-o...
Barrelhouse Print Issue 25 — Barrelhouse
Barrelhouse print issue 25.
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May 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’ve got a story about experiencing a heavy dose of existential dread at Alex Trebek’s Estate Sale in the latest print issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social
Buy it like I bought an undrinkable bottle of 1972 Zinfandel from Trebek’s wine cellar:
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop/p/pre-o...
Buy it like I bought an undrinkable bottle of 1972 Zinfandel from Trebek’s wine cellar:
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop/p/pre-o...
A new series from @willhagle.bsky.social where he interviews other interviewers about interviewing. The first one is with John Milas. Quite interesting too! www.willhagle.com/p/interviewi...
Interviewing Interviewers about Interviewing
Ep 1: John Milas, Author of The Militia House
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February 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Music Discovery Diary #5: Mike Dimes, Shady Nasty, Jean-Luc Ponty
I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM
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February 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I contributed blurbs on Bruiser Wolf x Chris Crack, & El Cousteau x Earl Sweatshirt in this list of good blurbs:
www.passionweiss.com/2024/12/29/t...
www.passionweiss.com/2024/12/29/t...
The POW Best Rap Songs of 2024
We know the (subjective) truth
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December 30, 2024 at 10:41 PM
I contributed blurbs on Bruiser Wolf x Chris Crack, & El Cousteau x Earl Sweatshirt in this list of good blurbs:
www.passionweiss.com/2024/12/29/t...
www.passionweiss.com/2024/12/29/t...
I'm Embarrassed To Admit...
That this is the Best Music of 2024
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December 30, 2024 at 4:46 PM
A self-indulgent list of all the articles, essays, stories, videos, etc. that I made this year:
www.willhagle.com/p/best-of-20...
www.willhagle.com/p/best-of-20...
Best Of 2024: ME!!!!!
WARNING: GRAPHIC SELF-INDULGENCE
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December 27, 2024 at 12:14 AM
A self-indulgent list of all the articles, essays, stories, videos, etc. that I made this year:
www.willhagle.com/p/best-of-20...
www.willhagle.com/p/best-of-20...
Books I bought on Kindle in 2024 but didn’t finish (with completion percentage):
December 26, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Books I bought on Kindle in 2024 but didn’t finish (with completion percentage):
The follow up to my Pulitzer Prize winning essay “Books I Read in 2024,” aimed at the less literate crowd:
www.willhagle.com/p/top-25-mov...
www.willhagle.com/p/top-25-mov...
Top 25 Movies I Watched in 2024
Plus an essay on Adam Sandler's 'Spaceman' that never got published.
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December 16, 2024 at 7:50 PM
The follow up to my Pulitzer Prize winning essay “Books I Read in 2024,” aimed at the less literate crowd:
www.willhagle.com/p/top-25-mov...
www.willhagle.com/p/top-25-mov...
A flash fiction story I wrote is now live in @panoramajournal.bsky.social ‘s FIRE issue:
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
Fire: A Palm Tree Untrimmed | Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature
“Your neighbour is in clear violation,” the City Inspector says, snapping a photo of Arlo’s tree on the other side of the fence. “A palm tree untrimmed is a fire hazard.” Like me seeing you. “One wayw...
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December 6, 2024 at 8:58 PM
A flash fiction story I wrote is now live in @panoramajournal.bsky.social ‘s FIRE issue:
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
I’m going to make a series where I interview other interviewers about interviewing. Interview style process strategy and philosophy, history of interviews, job interviews, etc. maybe the Kim jong un movie The Interview.
Let me know if you want to be interviewed about interviewing.
Let me know if you want to be interviewed about interviewing.
December 3, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I’m going to make a series where I interview other interviewers about interviewing. Interview style process strategy and philosophy, history of interviews, job interviews, etc. maybe the Kim jong un movie The Interview.
Let me know if you want to be interviewed about interviewing.
Let me know if you want to be interviewed about interviewing.
Didn’t realize the customer service representative picked up the phone so they caught me singing the entire Kelly Rowland part of Nelly’s “Dilemma.”
December 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Didn’t realize the customer service representative picked up the phone so they caught me singing the entire Kelly Rowland part of Nelly’s “Dilemma.”
The better I get at administrative tasks related to writing—file organization, scheduling interviews, generating transcripts, etc.—the worse I get at actually writing.
December 3, 2024 at 2:57 PM
The better I get at administrative tasks related to writing—file organization, scheduling interviews, generating transcripts, etc.—the worse I get at actually writing.
My favorite quote about the subgenre so far is “The paradox of [the term] Midwest Emo is that it is annoying yet useful.”
December 3, 2024 at 5:21 AM
My favorite quote about the subgenre so far is “The paradox of [the term] Midwest Emo is that it is annoying yet useful.”
Whenever I reach out to people to interview for my next book, ‘Midwest Emo,’ I caveat it by saying “(a term I don’t necessarily like)”
December 3, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Whenever I reach out to people to interview for my next book, ‘Midwest Emo,’ I caveat it by saying “(a term I don’t necessarily like)”
This is one of many Urbana houses that will feature in my next book, ‘Midwest Emo.’ Capn Jazz, Braid & Tetsuo played here in 1994. The book will examine the relationship between music & place, including the influence of Midwestern architecture & basements.
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 AM
This is one of many Urbana houses that will feature in my next book, ‘Midwest Emo.’ Capn Jazz, Braid & Tetsuo played here in 1994. The book will examine the relationship between music & place, including the influence of Midwestern architecture & basements.
On this app I will find my niche. I will build an audience. I will experience community. Social media will cure my anxiety and depression. All I have to do is post more.
November 20, 2024 at 4:59 AM
On this app I will find my niche. I will build an audience. I will experience community. Social media will cure my anxiety and depression. All I have to do is post more.
I’m gonna post incessantly this time around on here. You will know my every thought.
November 16, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I’m gonna post incessantly this time around on here. You will know my every thought.
Books I’ve read so far this year:
Lunar Park
Chronicles of DOOM
The Cipher
Spaceman of Bohemia
A Separation
Static
Baldurs Gate II
Sandinista!
The Accidental Ecosystem
Subculture Vulture
Murder Your Employer
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Psalm for the Wild Built
Less
Lunar Park
Chronicles of DOOM
The Cipher
Spaceman of Bohemia
A Separation
Static
Baldurs Gate II
Sandinista!
The Accidental Ecosystem
Subculture Vulture
Murder Your Employer
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Psalm for the Wild Built
Less
November 16, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Books I’ve read so far this year:
Lunar Park
Chronicles of DOOM
The Cipher
Spaceman of Bohemia
A Separation
Static
Baldurs Gate II
Sandinista!
The Accidental Ecosystem
Subculture Vulture
Murder Your Employer
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Psalm for the Wild Built
Less
Lunar Park
Chronicles of DOOM
The Cipher
Spaceman of Bohemia
A Separation
Static
Baldurs Gate II
Sandinista!
The Accidental Ecosystem
Subculture Vulture
Murder Your Employer
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Psalm for the Wild Built
Less