Perfect for book groups looking for the challenge of digging deep, Maggie Nelson has penned a piece with endless opportunities for questioning and discussion. of Speculation, as soon as I closed The Argonauts I knew it was a book I would pick up again (and again and again). Though Offill’s work is fiction, both pieces shift big ideas into compact spaces and read like a collection of swirling thoughts. The mysteries of psychology pale in comparison, just as evolution strikes me as infinitely more spiritually profound than Genesis.”Īs I read The Argonauts, I couldn’t help but draw parallels to Jenny Offill’s Dept. “That hormones can make the feel of wind, or the feel of fingers on one’s skin, change from arousing to nauseating is a mystery deeper than I can track or fathom. Though she turns to various thinkers as a base for many ideas, her commentary feels fresh and incredibly timely. Between the narrative of their meeting, marriage and family-building, Nelson digs deep into questions of gender, sexuality, motherhood, and the individual. Nelson’s story follows both the birth of her relationship with Harry Dodge, who is fluidly gendered, and the birth of their son. Author Maggie Nelson Is in Drag as a Mother and as a Married Person We caught up with the critically acclaimed Argonauts author to talk about happiness, 'crappy' fiction, and the whole. If you mix together one part theory, one part memoir, and a hearty dose of love story, you’ll end up with something like Maggie Nelson’s new book The Argonauts.
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