A review by namizaela
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

4.0

For most of the novel, I couldn't quite follow Nelson's train of thought. Nelson mentioned how some students of Eileen Myles said that their teaching style was like "throwing a pizza at them", and I got a similar feeling reading this book. Nelson's habit of jumping around in time and subject without warning confused me for most of the book, but I luckily still felt the emotional impact of her writing. In fact, two sentences into Harry's account of his mother's death, I started crying, and kept doing so until he finished. Although the style of her writing meandered more often than not, I'm grateful to have read such a vulnerable account of her partnership and motherhood. Nelson is a wonderful writer and thinker, and I hope to read more of her work soon!