Daniel Nester

{{short description|American writer, editor, and poet (born 1968)}}

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

Biography

Nester was raised in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey.{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Sally|url=http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2013/01/14/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc50f479f5dba03302642661.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215173355/http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2013/01/14/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc50f479f5dba03302642661.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2013|title=OPINION: Sorry for not saying, 'sorry'|work=Princeton Packet|date=January 14, 2013|accessdate=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." 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.strose.edu/Academic_Programs/School_of_Arts_and_Humanities/English/english_ug.asp |title=Site Map - The College of Saint Rose |work=strose.edu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513151438/http://www.strose.edu/Academic_Programs/School_of_Arts_and_Humanities/English/english_ug.asp |archivedate=2008-05-13 }} in Albany, New York, where he also curated the popular Frequency North reading series.{{cite web|url=http://www.strose.edu/Visitors/frequencynorth/frequencynorth.asp |title=Site Map - The College of Saint Rose |work=strose.edu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516025726/http://strose.edu/Visitors/frequencynorth/frequencynorth.asp |archivedate=2008-05-16 }}

Non-fiction

Nester is the author of two books about the musical group Queen, and his obsession with them: God Save My Queen: A TributeNester, Daniel. (2003). God Save My Queen: A Tribute. Soft Skull Press, 140. {{ISBN|978-1-887128-27-8}}. 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. {{ISBN|978-1-932360-51-6}}. 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. BlazeVOX Books, 140. {{ISBN|978-1-934289-02-0}}. 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.unpleasanteventschedule.com/ |title=Home |website=unpleasanteventschedule.com}} and served as Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas{{cite web |url=http://mcsweeneys.net/links/sestinas/ |title=McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Sestinas |accessdate=2008-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220054652/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/sestinas/ |archivedate=2008-02-20 }} for McSweeney’s.Nester, Daniel. [http://www.pw.org/content/confessions_sestinas_editor "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.'' New York City: Soft Skull Press, 288. {{ISBN|1-933368-82-9}}.