Maggie Nelson

The Art of Cruelty

Essays on violence, performance, pain, and ethics in contemporary art

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Maggie Nelson
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.

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