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Daniel Nester

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Daniel Nester is a journalist, essayist, poet, editor, and teacher. His latest book is How to Be Inappropriate, a collection of humorous nonfiction (Soft Skull Press, 2009).

His first two books, God Save My Queen (Soft Skull Press, 2003) and God Save My Queen II (2004), are collections on his obsession with the rock band Queen. His third book, The History of My World Tonight (BlazeVOX, 2006), is a collection of poems.

As a journalist and essayist, his work has appeared in a variety of places, such as Poets and Writers, The Morning News, The Daily Beast, Time Out New York, The Bloomsbury Review, and Bookslut.

He is the former editor of the online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule and Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas for McSweeney's Internet Te...more

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Books by Daniel Nester

Average rating: 3.96 · 105 ratings · 19 reviews · 4 distinct works

	How to Be Inappropriate 3.66 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	God Save My Queen 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	The History of My World Tonight by Daniel Nester (Goodreads Author), Daniel Nestor 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On by Daniel Nester (Goodreads Author), J.J. Grandville (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut

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Memoir and Essay

by Michael Gottlieb

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