Maggie Nelson

American writer

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    When she was 12 years old Nelson won a poetry contest sponsored by the Cure, her favorite band. The San Francisco-raised poet attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut and found early mentors in the writers Annie Dillard and Eileen Myles. Nelson has published essays…

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