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It’s Our Two Cents (by Daniel Nester)
In the style of Larry King‘s "It’s My Two Cents" columns that ran in USA Today, collaboratively written by members of the English 563 ‘Selves Thinking’ Essay Writing Intensive class at The College of…
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Getting to Know: Sparrow (by Daniel Nester)
In which we ask the same questions Teen magazine asked now-pregnant teen idol Jamie Lynn Spears; see original interview here. Sparrow created quite a stir when, in 1995, he picketed The New Yorker magazine,…
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Broadly Speaking, I’m Un-abroad at Present
Meaning I’m in NYC, man. But only for a couple more days. Then it’s off to spread mayhem HERE where, my trusty sidekick Jessica Piazza and I have schemed to spend a long weekend…
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The temptations of Mr. Snoid (by Mitch Sisskind)
Flaubert said, "Snoid, c’est moi." Commenting on this, Professor E. Compton Buzzard of Stanford University has written, "Writers are drawn to beautiful women in line with the principle that opposites attract. Thus in the…
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Some pictures over the years from Karaoke + Poetry = Fun (by Daniel Nester)
Karaoke + Poetry = Fun has, over the years, brought together poets from all ends of the aesthetic spectrum. Language poets will sing duets with New Formalists; a pale-faced Saint Marks scenester will cheer…
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Inside the simulrockrum II: Journeys with Journey (by Daniel Nester)
In an earlier post, we examine my clever neologism of simulrockrum, the idea of an imitation in the rock realm superseding its original, with Guitar Hero, competitive air guitar, and bassists who play along…
