The work hybridizes several prose and poetry styles as it documents nelson s multifaceted experience with the color blue, and is often referred to as lyric essay or prose poetry. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. The argonauts, maggie nelson one of my favorite books of the last few years. It binds an account of nelson s relationship with her partner and a journey to and through a. Maggie nelson has 22 books on goodreads with 157787 ratings. She first published bluets with wave books in 2009. First published in 2007, something bright was nelson s fifth book, and she has not published a new book of poetry since. Maggie nelson is the author of several genredefying books of poetry and prose, including bluets wave books, 2009. Maggie nelson is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, including the national book critics circle award winner the argonauts, the art of cruelty. I apologize for the strange background sound throughout the video. The book proceeds in fragments that veer from nelson. In some ways, this book is a lifechanger in that it. Maggie nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including something bright, then holes soft skull press, 2007 and women, the new york school, and other true abstractions university of.
Maggie nelson s new memoir, the argonauts, is diaristic, but its effect is that of a diary reconstructed in retrospect, its timeline jumbled. Maggie nelson is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, many of which have become cult classics defying categorization. The academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. Maggie nelson on the recent reissue of her last book of poetry. Scott fitzgerald, jonathan franzen, and philip roth all recommend william faulknerbut none of them agree on which book they like best. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. She has been the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction, an nea fellowship in poetry, an innovative literature fellowship from creative capital, and an arts writers fellowship. She is the author of five books of nonfiction, inc. The fact that joan didion and philip roth have the same favorite hemingway novel. Autobiography of a trial 2007, and women, the new york school, and other true abstractions 2007. More likely its because we get indexlike annotations throughout the book. I knew that reading it had shifted something in me, but i wouldnt understand what that was until years later, on my fifth or sixth reading. Its written brilliantly, comprehensively, poetically, personally, and with impressive organization.
Maggie nelson lists six books that inspired the poetry foundation. Book 4 of my wonderful 12 books in 12 months birthday present brief answers to the big questions by stephen hawking 5875 385 comments one of the most famous bookstores in the world, the strand in nyc is in danger of bankruptcy due to potentially being named a city landmark. Still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams, annabel lee. Because of her dazzling sentences, i will read whatever the daredevil writes. Maggie nelson on first drafts the creative independent. I looked at 68 lists made by famous authors, from the classic f. Maggie nelson slays entrenched notions of gender, marriage, and sexuality with lyricism, intellectual brass, and soulringing honesty in the argonauts. Author and poet maggie nelson finds herself among 2016s macarthur genius grant recipients after writing nine books five nonfiction and four poetry.
Which books do famous authors read and recommend most. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family maggie nelson s the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. Maggie nelson is a poet, art critic, and author of nonfiction books such as the art of cruelty. She is the author of five books of nonfiction, including the argonauts graywolf press, 2015, which won the national book critics circle award in criticism and was a new york times best seller. Maggie nelson on the color blue as a lens on memory, loneliness, and the paradoxes of love to wish to forget how much you loved someone and then, to actually forget can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chose, by nothing short of grace, to make a habitat of your heart. Maggie nelson true crime books i love books great books new books books to read classic literature classic books best authors booktopia has the red parts, autobiography of a trial by maggie nelson. The ultimate maggie nelson reading list autostraddle. Maggie nelson is the author of five books of nonfiction including the. Maggie nelson s the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. Vanity fair reading maggie nelson is like watching a highwire act. While promoting harry potter and the order of the phoneix in 2007, she told scholastic this was her favorite book. Few things feel as vulnerable, as fraught, as precious early in a relationship as sharing your favorite books, movies. Maggie nelson is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, many of. She is generally described as a genrebusting writer defying classification, working in autobiography, art criticism, theory, scholarship, and poetry.
Nelson s five book length works of nonfiction are grounded in experiences and topics with which she is. Bluets and the argonauts author maggie nelson is best known for her literary nonfiction writing, but her foray into true crime is an accessible and intriguing entry point into her work. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest. Maggie nelson is a poet, critic, scholar, and nonfiction writer. Fifteen years ago the poet, academic and pioneering writeroftheself maggie nelson startled the american literary world with the first of a series of books that defied genre, mixing autobiography and theory to question life from every angle.
Maggie nelson is the author of five books of nonfiction including the argonauts 2015, the art of cruelty. Lucia osbornecrowley on why the argonauts by maggie nelson is the best book of 2015. Vincent shares her 34 favorite books consequence of. Maggie nelson is a poet, critic, and nonfiction author of books such as the art of cruelty. Maggie nelson is a writer forging a new mode of nonfiction that transcends the divide between the personal and the intellectual and renders pressing issues of our time into portraits of daytoday lived experience. Philosophical investigations by ludwig wittgenstein, dialogues ii by gilles deleuze, cool men and the second sex. The argonauts, by maggie nelson this book doesnt fit. Her nonfiction titles include the national book critics circle award winner and new york times bestseller the argonauts graywolf press, 2015, the art of cruelty. Bluets is a book by american author maggie nelson, published by wave books in 2009. Buy a discounted paperback of the red parts online from australias leading online bookstore. Maggie nelson s the argonauts is alltherage right now. Maggie nelsons the argonauts doesnt have an index, so i made.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of maggie nelson books online. Her nonfiction titles include the argonauts forthcoming from graywolf press, may 2015, the art of cruelty. Maggie nelson audio books, best sellers, author bio. She teaches in the school of critical studies at calarts. She is the author of nine books, spanning poetry, autobiography, art criticism, and theory. Lady bird director greta gerwig shares her ten favorite books including works by george eliot, virginia woolf, joan didion, and more. The first time i read the argonauts by maggie nelson, i was sitting in my bedroom in my hometown in sydney, australia. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Nelson examines an array of art that is cruel, exploring meat, death, cannibalism, terrorism, rape, and other horrors of human life.
I ride on the shoulders of the much wilder and brave. Maggie nelson is a recipient of a 2016 macarthur fellowship and the author of the argonauts, the winner of a 2016 national book critics. Poet, scholar, and nonfiction writer maggie nelson earned a phd in english literature at the graduate center, cuny. Below are greta gerwigs favorite books, available to purchase individually or as a set from one grand books. The argonauts won the national book critics circle award in criticism and was a new. Author and poet maggie nelson finds herself among 2016s macarthur genius grant recipients after writing nine books five nonfiction and four poetry, including 2015s new york times bestseller the argonauts, which also won a national book critics award in criticism. Scott fitzgerald, jorge luis borges, ernest hemingway to the contemporary yaa gyasi, mary gaitskill, maggie nelson, george saunders, and kept track of which books they recommended most often. Nelson has been the recipient of a 2016 macarthur fellowship, a 2012 creative capital literature fellowship, a 2011 nea fellowship in poetry, and a 2010 guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction. She is the author of five books of nonfiction, including the argonauts graywolf press, 2015, which won the national book critics circle award in criticism and was a new york times bestseller. She also writes frequently on art, including essays on artists sarah lucas. Maggie nelson recently visited the library of americas blog readers almanac and listed six books that. With bluets, maggie nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.
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