Will Hagle’s creative nonfiction has appeared in Barrelhouse, Lyrics as Poetry, and World Literature Today. His debut book, Madvillain’s Madvilliany, came out in 2023 via Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series. His forthcoming book, in Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 Genre Series, is entitled Midwest Emo.
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Following decades of British colonial rule to the rapidly tightening grip of mainland China and all the stories told about that chunk of land along the way, Hong…