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Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson's passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide - from Prince to Carolee Schneemann to Matthew Barney to Lhasa de Sela to Kara Walker - but certain themes recur: interg...

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In ihrem Werk ergründet Nelson die Beziehung zwischen Kunst und Ethik und zieht dafür von Fotografie über Film bis hin zu Literatur und Malerei Beispiele heran, die sie punktgenau analysiert. Ihr Anliegen ist, zu untersuchen, inwiefern Kunst, die Grausamkeit thematisiert, in einer ohnehin grausamen Welt von Bedeutung ist, was ihre Motivation und ihre Wirkungen sind. Nelson verzichtet dabei auf Werke mit eindeutiger moralischer Aussage sowie au...

Ein wahrer Fall - Maggie Nelson schreibt über den brutalen Mord an ihrer Tante und über unsere sensationslüsterne Gesellschaft Mit großer gedanklicher Klarheit nähert sich Maggie Nelson dem mysteriösen Tod ihrer Tante Jane und dem Prozess, der ihn nach 35 Jahren wieder aufrollt - und versucht dabei, das Wesen von Trauer, Gerechtigkeit und Empathie zu ergründen.Im Frühjahr 1969 sucht Jane Mixer eine Mitfahrgelegenheit, ihre ersten Semesterfe...

A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artistsLike Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson's passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide-from Prince to Carolee Schneemann to M...

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In this electrifying and raw debut anthology, Maggie Nelson unpicks the everyday with the quick alchemy and precision of her later modern classics The Argonauts and Bluets. The poems of Shiner experiment with a variety of styles‿syllabic verse, sonnets, macaronic translation, Zen poems, walking poems‿to express love, bewilderment, grief, and beauty. This book, Nelson‿s first, heralded the arrival of a fully formed, virtuoso voice.

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Now in paperback, an enduring work of criticism from one of the most important writers of our time. So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with it enliven and emancipate, or reflect a d...

*A GUARDIAN 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK* 'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' - Olivia Laing So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a ...

Was es heißen könnte, frei zu sein, beschäftigt Maggie Nelson fast ihr ganzes Leben. Kaum ein anderer Wert ist so eng mit unserer Vorstellung vom Menschsein verbunden. Doch seine Bedeutung entgleitet ihr immer wieder. Handelt es sich um einen andauernden Lebenszustand oder um einen einmaligen Moment, der uns befreien wird? Ist Freiheit unerlässlich für Gerechtigkeit und Wohlergehen?Maggie Nelson erkundet kontroverse Debatten in der Kunstwelt, ...

The Governor General's Award finalist, now in paperback! The West Highland Terrier that brought Harvey Comes Home to life returns with his tail wagging and his nose sharp, ready for a new adventure.

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An expansive, exhilarating work of criticism by one of the most significant writers of our daySo often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with the term enliven and emancipate, or reflect...

*A GUARDIAN 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK*'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' - Olivia LaingSo often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a cl...