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Hometown:
Cincinnati, OH
About Me:
Writercomposerperformer. All one word. It's not a job. It's not a lifestyle. It's a species.
Website:
http://www.nathansinger.net
Books And Authors I Like:
BOOKS I'VE WRITTEN:
A Prayer for Dawn (2004)
Chasing The Wolf (2006)
In The Light of You (currently in limbo)

BOOKS I LOVE:
Ain't Nobody's Business if you Do. . . by Peter McWilliams,
In The Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen,
All Things Censored by Mumia Abu Jamal,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter Thompson,
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger,
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller,
Fast Sofa by Bruce Craven,
The Atrocity Exhibition by JG Ballard,
Spanking the Maid by Robert Coover,
House of Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata,
The Fire Gospels by Mike Magnuson,
Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams,
Black Wings Blind Angels by Sapphire,
Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle, (or really anything) by Kurt Vonnegut,
Exterminator!, Naked Lunch, The Ticket that Exploded (or really anything) by William S. Burroughs,
and many, many more. . .
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
MOVIES:
Brazil, Donnie Darko, Mulholland Drive, Tromeo and Juliet, Angel Heart, Jacob's Ladder, Harold and Maude, Triplets of Belleville, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Muppet Movie, Half Baked, Dark Crystal, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, pi, Bob Roberts, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Reservoir Dogs, Up In Smoke.

TV:
Not really a fan of TV, but I dig Dave Chappelle and The Simpsons

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Nathan Singer

Meme Crap

This was something of a hit when I posted it on myspace, so I reprint it here in lieu of anything
worthwhile or meaningful. Enjoy.


THE UNCOMFORTABLE SURVEY. (lets see if you can get through it. if not, you’re too scared about your past)


Yeah yeah. . .


-Longest relationship:
13 hours


-Shortest relationship:
7 and a half seconds


-How many boyfriends/girlfriends


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Posted on April 2, 2007 at 3:00pm —

Nathan Singer

Antioch

Feeling wistful and nostagic these past couple of weeks. Stumbled upon the speech I gave at our
graduation ceremony when I got my Master’s from Antioch in Spring of
2002 (of course 9/11/01 was still pretty fresh and heavy on everybody’s
minds then. Thank god THAT bullshit’s over and done with, right? Oh. .
.right. . .) I wrote this speech at about 4am the morning of in pretty
much one shot. Looking at it now, it’s not perfect, but if I had a
chance to go bac


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Posted on April 2, 2007 at 12:23pm —

Nathan Singer

Mightier Than the Sword

Subversive Writing in Contemporary America


Wrote the late, great Peter McWilliams in his book Ain’t Nobody’s
Business If You Do, “In war, the first fatality is truth. The second is
the civil rights of all ‘dissidents’. . .The price of freedom is
eternal–and internal–vigilance. And an occasional laugh,” (19). A
favored past-time in The United States is addressing social ills by
“declaring war”on them. Currently, we are at war with crime, povert


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Posted on April 2, 2007 at 12:17pm —

Nathan Singer

More Meme Crap

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?


Many, many times.


2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?


NO. That would make me puke.


3. When’s the last time you’ve been sledding?


It’s been too long.


4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?


Actual SLEEP? Alone.


5. Do you believe in ghosts?


No. I don’t disbelieve in them either.


6. Do you consider yourself creative?


It’s all I got.


7. Do you th

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Posted on April 2, 2007 at 12:15pm —

Nathan Singer

What's Goin' On

From City Beat the Cincinnati alternative paper from their most recent Best of the Year issue:


BEST ENCORE
Local author, playwright, performance artist, composer and general
creative fireball Nathan Singer followed up his grit-encrusted, often
romantic and imaginative debut novel Chasing The Wolf with A Prayer for Dawn,
a “thrash novel” that lacerates on contact. Proof? Take a


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Posted on April 2, 2007 at 12:11pm —

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At 2:56pm on April 10, 2007, Judith Vernant said…
A Prayer for Dawn? Sounds familiar...
At 6:04am on April 7, 2007, northwoodsgirl said…
Happy Easter!
At 5:34pm on April 5, 2007, Jon Jordan said…
This is so much cooler than Henry Rollins Crimespace page would look
At 2:35pm on April 3, 2007, Nathan Singer said…
Thanks, Tasha. Yes, I'm particularly pleased that it cuts off my head almost entirely.
At 1:43pm on April 3, 2007, tashaalexander said…
Nathan, glad you've got a picture.....
At 9:32pm on March 28, 2007, Judith Vernant said…
Pleasure is mine too. Pleasure is all ICFS's, I guess!
At 3:03pm on March 28, 2007, Nathan Singer said…
Thanks Judith! The pleasure is all mine.
At 12:35pm on March 28, 2007, Judith Vernant said…
Heller, Kawabata, Salinger, Ballard... Welcome in Moisson rouge house, Nathan!
 
 
 

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