Daniel Murlin Nester (born February 29, 1968, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American writer, editor, and poet.
He was an assistant professor of English at The College of Saint Rose,[2] in Albany, New York, where he also curated the popular Frequency North reading series.
Nester published and edited the now-defunct online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule,[7] and served as Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas[8] for McSweeney’s.
[9] In the past he has edited for La Petite Zine, Ducky and Painted Bride Quarterly.
He also served as editor and wrote the foreword to Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam Movement.