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Nerd Culture As Suicide Intervention Ta-Nehisi Coates Jul 30 2012, 11:50 AM ET Tweet More Email Print I've been banging a lot of This American Life lately between bouts of Frozen Throne. (Yup, I still play. Ten years and running.) The most recent episode--"Show Me The Way"--documents "people in trouble, who look for help in mystifying places." I think the Horde should really hear the first act wherein a young man recounts his trans-American childhood trip to track down his hero--fantasy author Piers Anthony. I don't want to give the story, but suffice to say the kid found himself in a situation which many of us identify with--product of a divorce, hating his step-father, and hating high school. And so the kid just bounces. The story ends with a short interview with Anthony,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in which he still sounds pissed off about his own treatment in high school. I don't have a transcript,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but effectively Anthony says something like--"People are dismissive of escapism, but some of us need it."I