Maggie Nelson
American poet and critic whose The Argonauts is a celebrated hybrid work of theory and memoir exploring gender, sexuality, and pregnancy. Her work blurs genre boundaries with remarkable intelligence. She is one of the most important experimental literary voices in contemporary America.
Works
- The ArgonautsPhilosophical meditation on queerness, kinship, and Jason Bourne movies
- BluetsNumbered paragraphs obsessing over the color blue, desire, and heartbreak
- The Art of CrueltyEssays on violence, performance, pain, and ethics in contemporary art
- JaneLyrical essay on obsession, mystery, and the Slayer documentary
- RednessEssays interrogating the color red across literature, history, and politics