Like Love

Resumen del libro

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: intergenerational exchange; love and friendship; feminist and queer issues, especially as they shift over time; subversion, transgression and perversity; the roles of the critic and language in relation to visual and performance arts; forces that feed or impede certain bodies and creators; and the fruits and follies of a life spent devoted to making.

Arranged chronologically, Like Love shows the writing, thinking, feeling, reading, looking and conversing that occupied Nelson while writing iconic books such as Bluets and The Argonauts. As such, it is a portrait of a time, an anarchic party rich with wild guests, a window into Nelson's own development and a testament to the profound sustenance offered by art and artists.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Maggie Nelsonx{0026}lt;/strong (1973) es una escritora cuyas obras, a caballo entre el ensayo, la autobiografía, la teoría y la filosofía, desafían cualquier clasificación. Es autora de títulos como x{0026}lt;em Bluetsx{0026}lt;/em (2009),x{0026}lt;em El arte de la crueldadx{0026}lt;/em (2011, nombrado Libro Notable del Año por el New York Times) o x{0026}lt;em Los argonautas x{0026}lt;/em (2015, Premio del Círculo Nacional de Críticos de Libros). Ha obtenido la Beca MacArthur, la Beca Literaria Creative Capital, la del Fondo Nacional de las Artes y la Guggenheim. También es profesora de la Universidad de California, y está casada con el artista Harry Dodge.x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Fotografía de la autora Harry Dodgex{0026}lt;/p