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‘Destroy! Be courageous!’ – 2 shimmering meditations on grief, nihilism and motherhood

In 1983, Erin Vincent was 14 years old. Like most adolescents, she was beginning to shed her childhood and starting to grow into a more durable, flexible adult skin. But when her parents were killed by a speeding tow truck in western Sydney, she found herself frozen in time, immobilised…

The Conversation

Taylor Swift, the Sylvia Plath of her generation? Maggie Nelson has got this one wrong in The Slicks

READING LIST: There are plenty of curious ideas to pursue when examining the global phenomenon of Swift in 2025. The patriarchy hating prolific female artists in a pop world dominated by women doesn’t feel like one of them, writes Hannah Ewens

The Independent UK

‘Ambition is a punishing sphere for women’: author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation

What do Swift and Plath have in common, and should Kamala Harris have spoken out about her political ambitions? The Argonauts author turns her lens on poetry, pop and patriarchy

The Guardian - UK

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Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – long Covid from the inside

The cult author’s autofictional follow-up to No One Is Talking About This is the story of a breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Maggie Nelson: ‘I was overwhelmed with grief when Prince died’

The American author of The Argonauts on her latest collection of essays, how the Purple Rain star shaped her sexual development and the risks she takes in her writing

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Bluets; People, Places & Things – review

Katie Mitchell directs and Ben Whishaw stars, while David Byrne’s new reign at the Royal Court gets off to a cool start. And Denise Gough is unmissable in a blazing revival of Duncan Macmillan’s addiction drama

The Guardian - UK

Bluets review: Ben Whishaw and Emma D’Arcy lead slow, demanding production

Alienating production of Maggie Nelson’s 2009 philosophical memoir, is not a good showcase for the lead actors’ talents

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Bluets review – Maggie Nelson’s blue riffs become left-field cine-theatre

Emma D’Arcy, Ben Whishaw and Kayla Meikle narrate and act out Nelson’s dark meditations from their own film-making booths in Katie Mitchell’s intriguing experiment

The Guardian - UK

House of the Dragon star Emma D'Arcy: "Trans and gender non-conforming people will not go away."

While they saddle up for a tilt at the Iron Throne in season two of House of the Dragon, the non-binary actor is gently slaying a few other beasts along the way. Joanna Taylor meets them as they take to the London stage

Evening Standard

Like Love by Maggie Nelson review – music, passion and friendship

Vibrant essays from the author of The Argonauts touch on art, inspiration, and many of the central dilemmas of our times

The Guardian - UK

Friday essay: how women writers helped me find my voice after divorce

When my 25-year marriage broke down in 2017, I did what I always do in my life, especially in times of crisis. I turned to books. Specifically, to books by women.

The Conversation

I Got a Name: Searching for Krystal Senyk’s Killer

In 2015, I received a note: I am writing to pass on a couple pages of writing from a friend of mine who was murdered in the Yukon in 1992

The Walrus

Tired of hearing men talk to men about music? This Woman's Work changes the narrative brilliantly

I wanted to start this piece with the Laurie Anderson quote, “Talking about music is like dancing about architecture”, but it turns out that Laurie never said it. And the adage has been through so many versions and origin stories that the harder I think on it, the more my…

The Conversation

This Woman’s Work edited by Kim Gordon and Sinéad Gleeson review – ‘Music undoes me’

Life, relationships and art are filtered through sound in 16 essays by brilliant women

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'I will not hide': Helen Garner's radical gift is the shock of plain-speaking

Most readers of Helen Garner will be able to pinpoint a first personal encounter with her work: a book, or even a sentence, that cut through like sharp light; a local landmark suddenly immortalised on the page; an unsayable bodily experience transformed into the unabashedly said.

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