historic texts

A fair amount of the writing Gardner did in college is still available online. Despite the crudeness and naivete of much of this writing, it is presented here, as it may prove useful to historians and biographers.

stillpoint

is the University of Georgia’s student literary magazine. A few of Gardner’s poems were published in the 1998 edition.

Oyashirazu

What someone said

the red & black

is UGA’s independent student newspaper. Gardner wrote a lot of reviews and stories for the R&B, and he’s not going to list them all here. Here are a few of the better pieces; visit The Red & Black and search for “Gardner Linn” if you want to read more.

A 'Cowboy's Dream' -- Karaoke sensation is Nashville bound

Former Pixies leader obsessed with Rolling Stones on newest release

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Midgets duke it out

Under the sheets with Playboy

happy birthday jardner, or how i learned to stop worrying and love topi

In the summer of 1998 Gardner traveled to Tanzania with thirteen other UGA students and three professors. Upon returning to the States, the students assembled a short book about their experience. Gardner was charged with writing about the short safari to the Serengetic and the Ngorongoro Crater. What he submitted was a rambling, solipsistic, half-fictional story of lions, elephants and dead twins. You can read Gardner’s chapter here, or the whole book here. (Be warned: “Happy Birthday Jardner” makes even less sense without the photograph of the titular misspelled birthday cake, so you’ll have to just imagine the photograph is there.)