The Argonauts

"I just finished this book today so my thoughts aren’t fully formed yet, but I loved loved loved this book. I am a big fan deep dive books, and Maggie Nelson has dived deep and personal into SO MANY things very concisely in this relatively short book. Queerness, family dynamics, communication, parenting, childbirth, sexism, feminism, death, I could go on. Get ready to also add to your “to read” list as you go through "

"I finished this book and it took a while to get through it. It’s an important book about queerness and being a cis partner of a trans person. I like the perspective because I feel like we only get the trans person’s side. But Maggie’s words are so powerful. And her discussion of literary works in relation to her partnership with Harry dodge as well as her pregnancy and childbirth of her son iggy is so incredible!!!"

"This book is like a fun philosophy textbook. It is dense in theory and you learn a lot about methods of thinking while also learning about Maggie’s life.<br/><br/>She writes like absolutely no one else, both in her subject matter and her voice. That part is refreshing.<br/><br/>The contains a LOT foot notes and laces together many quotes and ideas from other people, intertwined with stories from Maggie’s life. There are no chapters, but there are many paragraphs. That makes it go by quickly.<br/><br/>Sometimes, to get through this book, you have to put your head down and remind yourself that it is good for you to learn theories like this. But ultimately, those parts pay off as you learn so much about identity and personhood. And it’s a wonderful ride, to be able to sit in the passenger seat as Maggie navigates her very interesting family life in a way that is not contrived or hokey in any way.<br/>You can read this book in one day, but it will consume you, and you will begin narrating your life like Maggie does.<br/><br/>Of course, that’s not a bad thing. She is positively brilliant."