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Mick Carrigan
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Editor in Chief, Taco Bell Quarterly. Writing a book called JUNK @scribnerbooks. rep: @a_la_ash he/they
Baltimore, MD
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Aug 11, 2023
    IT'S HAPPENING. I'm writing a dream book on a dream subject with a dream publisher, working with the brilliant @emilycpolson at @ScribnerBooks! This is SURREAL. Keep going. Keep writing. Put yourself out there. Invent your own qualifications. There are no rules. Live más.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Aug 19, 2023
    I made a Taco Bell themed literary magazine, I wrote like 3 articles for Vice once, and now I'm writing a book about my toys. This is the entirety of my qualifications. May it inspire you or horrify you.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Mar 24, 2021
    Support tiny lit mags. Submit to tiny lit mags. Start tiny lit mags.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    May 31, 2021
    I'm 40 and I'm just now getting to the point in life where I drink a lot of water. Did your parents give you water? I I feel like hydration was not a major priority in the 80s and 90s. Every kid has a water bottle at school. I got by all day on a single Capri Sun pouch
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Sep 15, 2022
    Okay actually I had a kind of cool day. There is an article about my lit mag as a cultural moment. I am making shit up as I go. You can just do whatever you want, lol. I really enjoy being a part of a larger lit community and I also love your writing. Yes, you, personally.
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    The Takeout
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    Sep 15, 2022
    Taco Bell Quarterly and the Rebellious Poetics of Living Más dlvr.it/SYNMhC
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Nov 22, 2022
    I wrote an article for @lithub about building platform. If you're an outsider, the path into the lit world is vicious. And these paths and platforms can collapse around you at any moment. In this essay I will explain how to gain a gazillion followers. lithub.com/how-to-gain-a-…
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    Mick Carrigan
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    May 2, 2020
    Here's a secret. Taco Bell Quarterly didn't gain national attention by accident. I've been hustling for a year, getting rejected and ignored, making connections, figuring shit out as I go, losing money, spending thousands of hours on it. For what? Because I love great writing.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Dec 22, 2022
    Chicken soup for the orifices
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Jul 16, 2021
    But we have jobs Lorrie
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Nov 19, 2020
    Taco Bell sent me huge boxes of swag and food for Thanksgiving. I'm dying over this wreath, the wrapper-wrapped candles, and these Better Homes and Garden dishes. It's so wonderfully janky. Gonna invite @parisreview over for Thanksgiving to share my box of Taco Bell carrots.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Feb 25, 2022
    Whoa. It came. I got a pitch email from this desk company. I told them no one would care if I pitched articles about their electric standing desks but I'm a literary influencer and they should send me one. And now it's in my driveway. I have manifested a thing.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Mar 6, 2022
    I love my wife. She is not into literary writing and she hates Taco Bell, yet she believes in me and my extreme passion for both.
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Feb 28, 2023
    I'll never get tired of the *wait wtf this is actually good and these writers are actually accomplished* reviews
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    Mick Carrigan
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    Jul 8, 2023
    I bought them with zero shame, they're shockingly ugly and I love them
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