Daniel Nester

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Daniel Nester
Born (1968-02-29) February 29, 1968 (age 57)
Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
OccupationWriter
Alma mater Rutgers University-Camden
GenreFiction, non-fiction, poetry

Daniel Murlin Nester (born February 29, 1968, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American writer, editor, and poet.

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Biography

Nester was raised in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey. [1] He attended high school at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and college at Rutgers University-Camden. He was an assistant professor of English at The College of Saint Rose, [2] in Albany, New York, where he also curated the popular Frequency North reading series. [3]

Non-fiction

Nester is the author of two books about the musical group Queen, and his obsession with them: God Save My Queen: A Tribute [4] and God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On. [5] His other nonfiction work has appeared in numerous anthologies on gaming, poetry, and rock and roll.

Poetry

His first book of poetry is The History of My World Tonight. [6] His poetry has appeared in jubilat , Crazyhorse, Open City , Slope, Spoon River Poetry Review , Best American Poetry 2003 , Poets & Writers , Time Out New York , and Bookslut .

Editing and publishing

Nester published and edited the now-defunct online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule, [7] and served as Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas [8] for McSweeney’s . [9] In the past he has edited for La Petite Zine, Ducky and Painted Bride Quarterly. He also served as editor and wrote the foreword to Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam Movement. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Friedman, Sally (January 14, 2013). "OPINION: Sorry for not saying, 'sorry'". Princeton Packet . Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013. "In a recent issue of n+1 Magazine, a forum for social and political commentary, former Maple Shade resident/writer Daniel Nester reflected on that infamous incident."
  2. ↑ "Site Map - The College of Saint Rose". strose.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Site Map - The College of Saint Rose". strose.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16.
  4. ↑ Nester, Daniel. (2003). God Save My Queen: A Tribute. Soft Skull Press, 140. ISBN   978-1-887128-27-8.
  5. ↑ Nester, Daniel. (2004). God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On. Soft Skull Press, 140. ISBN   978-1-932360-51-6.
  6. ↑ Nester, Daniel. (2006). The History of My World Tonight. BlazeVOX Books, 140. ISBN   978-1-934289-02-0.
  7. ↑ "Home". unpleasanteventschedule.com.
  8. ↑ "McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Sestinas". Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  9. ↑ Nester, Daniel. "Confessions of a Sestinas Editor." Poets & Writers. January/February 2005. Retrieved on 2009-03-17.
  10. ↑ Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. New York City: Soft Skull Press, 288. ISBN   1-933368-82-9.
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