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Benjamin Nugent

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Average rating: 3.06 · 1,694 ratings · 376 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
American Nerd: The Story of...
2.97 of 5 stars 2.97 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
Elliott Smith and the Big N...
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
Good Kids
2.82 of 5 stars 2.82 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
Good Kids: A Novel
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013

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date: February 25, 2013 07:00PM
location: Macaulay Honors College, 35 W 67th St, New York, NY, The United States
description: @Macaulay Author Series kicks off 2013 with Benjamin Nugent reading from his first novel, Good Kids.

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Reality Hunger by David Shields
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Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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The Gin Closet by Leslie Jamison
The Gin Closet
by Leslie Jamison (Goodreads Author)
Three things this novel does that I wish more contemporary novels did:

Renders the way people stammer at each other

Juxtaposes of families and lovers being awkward and conflict-avoidant with each other with super-dramatic sex and death scenes

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Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg
Twilight of the Superheroes
by Deborah Eisenberg
read in September, 2012
American Nerd by Benjamin Nugent
" Weirdly controversial. "
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“I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do.”
Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People

“Before i launch into a discussion of what a nerd is and where the idea of nerds comes from, I'd like to diclose that when i was eleven, I had a rich fantasy life in which I carried a glowing staff.”
Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People

“When Americans vote for a particular candidate, they vote for the candidate who reminds them of the kind of person they would have eaten lunch with.”
Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People




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