![]() So I have yet to theorize exactly what shift has occurred, but when I grew up I was just interested in being a writer. MN: It’s been a little odd recently because my first four books were poetry and I came into the world as a poet, and then my last four books have all been non-fiction. I interviewed her on the lawn of The Getty museum in the sweltering heat. Later I read her book Jane then The Red Parts about her aunt’s murder, and most recently, the exquisite Bluets. The first time I ever saw Maggie Nelson, she was reading from a series of poems written about The Gowanus Canal called “The Canal Diaries” from her book Something Bright, Then Holes. She’s the author of four books of poetry and four books of non-fiction. The first stop on my cross-country pilgrimage to Emily Dickinson’s house was Los Angeles, to visit 39-year-old writer and thinker Maggie Nelson. If your in Silicon Valley next Wednesday, come check it out. She’s reading for the San Jose State University Center for Literary Arts on October 15, 7:00 pm, MLK Library, Rm. ![]() Read this great interview with Maggie Collins in the Believer. ![]()
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