{"product_id":"the-argonauts-9781555977351","title":"The Argonauts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Nelson's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts \u003c\/i\u003eis a genre-bending memoir, a work of \"autotheory\" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. It binds an account of Nelson's relationship with her partner and a journey to and through a pregnancy to a rigorous exploration of sexuality, gender, and \"family.\" An insistence on radical individual freedom and the value of caretaking becomes the rallying cry for this thoughtful, unabashed, uncompromising book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2016 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, critic, and nonfiction author of books such as \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBluets\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches in the School of Critical Studies at CalArts and lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46023983988950,"sku":"9781555977351","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_074c4e3a-f025-4cb8-b501-236410f5f976.jpg?v=1722336805","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/the-argonauts-9781555977351","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}