HOMEINTERVIEWSMaggie Nelson interviewed by Arne de BoeverMarch 31, 2012 • By Arne De BoeverCommentMaggie Nelson and Arne de Boever are colleagues at CalArts; they talk about Nelson's new book, The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning a wide-ranging examination of notions of cruelty and the way cruelty has functioned in literary and artistic culture.