Daniel Murlin Nester (born February 29, 1968, in

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) is an American writer, editor, and poet.

Biography

Nester was raised in

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. He attended high school at

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, and college at

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. He is currently an assistant professor of English at

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, in

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, where he also curates the popular Frequency North reading series.

Non-fiction

Nester is the author of two books about the musical group

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, and his obsession with them: ''God Save My Queen: A Tribute''Nester, Daniel. (2003). ''God Save My Queen: A Tribute.'' Soft Skull Press, 140. . and ''God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On''.Nester, Daniel. (2004). ''God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On.'' Soft Skull Press, 140. . 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''.Nester, Daniel. (2006). ''The History of My World Tonight.''

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, 140. . His poetry has appeared in ''

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'', ''Crazyhorse'', ''

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'', '' Best American Poetry 2003'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Editing and publishing

Nester published and edited the now-defunct online journal ''Unpleasant Event Schedule'', and served as Assistant Web Editor for ''Sestinas'' for ''

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''.Nester, Daniel
"Confessions of a Sestinas Editor."
''Poets & Writers''. January/February 2005. Retrieved on 2009-03-17. 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."Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). ''Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam.''

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: Soft Skull Press, 288. .

References

External links

Daniel Nester's web page
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