Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is the author of the poetry collections Shiner (2001) and The Latest Winter (2003), both from Hanging Loose Press, and a mixed-genre book about the life and 1969 murder of her aunt Jane entitled Jane: A Murder (Soft Skull Press, 2005). A new book of poems Something Bright, Then Holes is forthcoming in 2006. Before joining the faculty at CalArts, she taught creative writing and literature for many years in and around New York City, where she has also worked as a curator at The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church and a freelance editor. She is currently working on a nonfiction book entitled Open Murder about the reopening of her aunt’s case and various fissures in the criminal justice system, as well as another mixed-genre collection, Bluets, centered on the color blue.
