Мэгги Нельсон

Nelson grew up in the Bay Area. She studied English at Wesleyan University, where she was taught by Annie Dillard. After college, she lived in New York City, where she trained as a dancer, worked at the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, and studied informally with writer Eileen Myles. In 2004 she obtained a Ph.D. in English Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she studied with Wayne Koestenbaum and Eve Sedgewick, among others.

Nelson is the author of several critically acclaimed books of nonfiction and poetry. She also writes frequently on art, including essays on artists Sarah Lucas, Matthew Barney, Carolee Schneemann, A. L. Steiner, Kara Walker, and Rachel Harrison.

Nelson has taught about writing, critical theory, art, aesthetics, and literature, at the Graduate Writing Program of the New School, Wesleyan University, Pratt Institute of Arts, and CalArts. Currently she is a Professor of English at USC.

Nelson is married to the artist Harry Dodge. They live with their family in Los Angeles.