Literary Firsts

Daniel Nester is the author of How to Be Inappropriate (Soft Skull, 2009), as well as God Save My Queen I and II, books on his obsession with the rock band Queen. He’s editor of The Incredible Sestina Anthology, due from Write Bloody later this year. His work has appeared in Salon, New York Times, The Morning News, The Daily Beast, N+1, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Bookslut, and anthologized in Best American Poetry, Best Creative Nonfiction, and Third Rail: The Poetry of Rock and Roll. He teaches writing at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY.

Daniel is the essayist for the July 15 reading.