Michael Taeckens represents literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. He favors novels and story collections, creative nonfiction (memoirs, essays, hybrid work), cultural studies, history/current events, and exceptional poetry. He also offers strategic marketing and publicity consulting, and he works as a literary agent at Massie & McQuilkin. Current and former authors/projects include Ayad Akhtar, Nicholas Boggs, Sarah M. Broom, Edward Carey, Nicole Chung, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Jonathan Escoffery, Leslie Jamison, Rachel Khong, Ada Limón, Elizabeth McCracken, Claire Messud, Maggie Nelson, Tom Perrotta, Namwali Serpell, Safiya Sinclair, Clint Smith, Anthony Veasna So, Madeleine Thien, Nathan Thrall, Natasha Trethewey, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jeff VanderMeer, Abraham Verghese, The Whiting Foundation, and Kevin Young. Click here for a full list.
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