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Benjamin Nugent
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October 09, 1977
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American Nerd: The Story of My People
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2007
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Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing
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2004
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Good Kids: A Novel
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2013
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SO good. You know how writers like to mine their geeky childhoods for comedy, but it always comes off kind of defensive, like "ha ha see I'm not a geek anymore"? American Nerd is the opposite of that -- honest and revealing and surprisingly movi
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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
― 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
― 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
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
