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Some Words on ‘Some Words on My Hatred of Cheese’ c. 1991 [by Daniel Nester]
A few years ago, a friend gave me a writing prompt: "re-visit an essay you wrote years ago and write another essay on that." Very essayistic, I thought. So I dug up an old…
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The Weakness in Me: Notes on Joan Armatrading [by Daniel Nester]
There are certain albums I pair exclusively with cassettes. I doubt there will be a tape revival anytime soon, at least as big as the current vinyl boom. Still, people of a certain age, myself included,…
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Inside the First Cover of Bohemian Rhapsody: An Interview with Tony Rivers [by Daniel Nester]
This year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” complete with original artwork reissue of the single for Record Store Day’s Black Friday edition and “Bohemian Lager,” a Queen-endorsed brew made in–where else?–the…
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Daniel Nester, Guest Author November 2-6
photo 2013 (c)Thomas V. Hartmann. This week we welcome back Daniel Nester as our guest author. Daniel is the author of Shader: 99 Notes on Car Washes, Making Out in Church, Grief, and Other…
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Latina/o Poets on Liminal Spaces: A Conversation with Carolina Ebeid [by Natalie Scenters-Zapico]
I first met Carolina Ebeid at the Mestizo Cafe in Salt Lake City where she was taking part in a reading for “Pintura:Palabra, a project in ekphrasis” in which Latina/o writers from across the…
