Passwords: Maggie Nelson on Women and the New York School

Maggie Nelson sheds light on the trailblazing lives and artistry of Barbara Guest, Bernadette Mayer, Joan Mitchell, Eileen Myles and Alice Notley.

Part of Women and the New York School, an historic gathering that celebrates the myriad roles that women writers and artists have played in and around the “New York School” and expands our understanding of the vanguard circle that emerged in the 1940s and thrives in its second and third incarnations to this day.