Maggie Nelson

Email margarmn@usc.edu
Biography
Maggie Nelson is the author of several acclaimed books of poetry and prose, many of which have become cult classics defying categorization. Her nonfiction titles include the forthcoing essay collection Like Love: Essays and Conversations (2024), the national bestseller On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint (2021), the National Book Critics Circle Award winner and New York Times bestseller The Argonauts (2015), The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (2011; a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), Bluets (2009; named by Bookforum as one of the top...
-
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2019 –
- MacArthur Fellow, 2019 –
USC Dornsife faculty and staff may update profiles via MyDornsife.