Let me tell you, it has been a privilege to interface with the part of maggie nelsons brain that wrote this book. Maggie nelson on writing, pregnancy, and matrophobia youtube. Winner of the 2015 national book critics circle award in criticism. The toronto argonauts officially the toronto argonaut football club, commonly referred to as the argos are a professional canadian football team competing in the east division of the canadian football league cfl. Maggie nelson shakes up all genderqueer stereotypes as she grows into a wife, a stepmom, and then a birth mother. Jasons uncle pelias had usurped the throne of iolcos in thessaly, which rightfully belonged to jasons father, aeson. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family maggie nelsons the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love. Pelias promised to surrender his kingship to jason if. This week, football book club is taking it to the next level. Visa, mastercard, american express paypal, diners club and discover. The argonauts is a genrebending memoir offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language.
Maggie nelsons the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and. Greek history and the argonauts myth is a prominent feature of the club, however our purpose is to inspire curiosity in all forms of cultural knowledge and historical periods. Us babyboomer oncewereargonauts are aging, and we need some youngsters to take up the olympic torch. Its format was devised by nina murdoch who had run the stations childrens hour as pat. Mar 12, 2020 the argonauts is a book i wanted to reread before i was even halfway through. Its nelsons articulation of her many selvesthe poet who writes prose. The greek tale of jason and the golden fleece has been told for 3,000 years.
Slutty book club little known facts about the argonauts. This is a book club that focuses on queer literature, from the trashy to the highbrow. Also, as per usual, they will not be watching the nfl and not liking it one bit. It binds an account of nelsons relationship with her partner and a journey to and through a pregnancy to a rigorous exploration of sexuality, gender, and family. The argonauts is the ninth book by american poet, art critic, lyric essayist and nonfiction author, maggie nelson.
Emma watsons feminist book club to read maggie nelsons the. Queer book club is a small but enthusiastic community that meets monthly to discuss queerthemed books spanning numerous genres. Born in 1973, she has so far produced nine books, four of poetry and five of. Argonaut, in greek legend, any of a band of 50 heroes who went with jason in the ship argo to fetch the golden fleece. By the 1950s, the teams complex management structure made the arrangement increasingly awkward. A beautifully illustrated account of the greek myth of jason and the argonauts with informative details from the awardwinning author of electric ben the story of jason and the argonauts is one of the earliest recorded greek myths.
Complete with explanatory notes and illustrated back. Dangerous secret was a book where all members of the argonauts club were encouraged to contribute a chapter in a continuing story. I love that they listed the artists and authors involved in the project. Women galores book club the argonauts the wild detectives. This months book club pick is the argonauts by maggie nelson. May 29, 2017 literaryswag book club literaryswag book club pick for june. The story is about the authors relationship with artist harry dodge, who is fluidly gendered. May 05, 2015 the argonauts is the ninth book by american poet, art critic, lyric essayist and nonfiction author, maggie nelson. Emma watsons feminist book club to read maggie nelsons.
But maggie nelsons memoir the argonauts is full of such surprisesa fluid mix of autobiographical writing and critical theory that uses each to think about the other. Learn about all becoming a season ticket holder, group packages, luxury suites, and more. Its about their romance, the birth of their son, the death of harrys mother and their changing bodies, as maggie becomes pregnant and harry undergoes surgery, but its also about. The argonauts support leaders globally in balancing personal fulfillment, professional success, and flourishing relationships. The argonauts club was an australian childrens radio program, first broadcast in 1933 on abc radio melbourne. The argonauts is a book i wanted to reread before i was even halfway through. Ruthless bankers are breathing down their necks, vengeful warlords are promising to pursue them across the galaxy, and now a mysterious new client wants rade and his argonauts to escort her to a frontier planet. National book critics circle award winner, criticism, 2015.
Be literary, presented in partnership with the national book foundation. Set up in 2012, between two books has come leaps and bounds from its early days. Its a classic heros quest in which the hero embarks on a sea voyage to an. Based in toronto, ontario, the team was founded in 1873, and is the oldest existing professional sports team in north america still using its original name, and. In the inaugural meeting of women galores yearround book club led by kelsey capps, well discuss the argonauts by maggie nelson. A community club, established in 1984, based in cheltenham victoria, with over 300 playing members. Big bless up to caroline nitz and the graywolf family for sponsoring this. Maggie nelsons the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh. This book was a collaboration between presenters and members.
It binds an account of nelsons relationship with her partner and a journey to and. The argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. The argonauts is a voyage through parenting, partnership and transition maggie nelsons philosophical memoir uses her pregnancy and her partner harrys gender transition to explore. The aim of the group is to celebrate nonnormative gender and sexuality, bring queer culture to life, learn about queer history and make new friends. Anyone who identifies as a feminist is invited to join this book c. It is told in the first person by nelson, and addressed to her fluidlygendered husband, artist, performer and. The argonauts by maggie nelson reading guidebook club. Apr 23, 2015 the argonauts by maggie nelson graywolf press. Described as a memoir, it is more of an opinion piece on lgbtq issues, in particular, transgender and queer.
May 10, 2015 the title comes from roland barthes, who wrote about how the argonauts gradually replaced each piece of their ship, the argo, during their voyage so that they ended with an entirely new ship. At its centre is the love story, based on the authors relationship with genderfluid artist harry dodge. Anyone who identifies as a feminist is invited to join this book club, which will meet monthly throughout the year. Bustle so much writing about motherhood makes the world seem smaller after the child arrives, more circumscribed, as if in tacit fealty to the larger cultural assumptions about moms and domesticity. Apr 30, 2015 maggie nelson, author of the book argonauts. Trying to write another book about anal sex and its implications for european philosophy would be futile like trying to. Maggie nelsons the argonauts big bless up to caroline nitz and the graywolf family for sponsoring this months book club meeting with maggie nelsons genrebending, critically fearless, memoir the argonauts. Theyre reading maggie nelson s the argonauts and posting about allie broshs hyperbole and a half. Our next book is going to be the argonauts, by maggie nelson. Literaryswag book club literaryswag book club pick for june.
We create a safe space for leaders to connect, share, and grow the argonauts community aligns purposedriven innovators, executives and entrepreneurs around the world. This month, we will be reading the argonauts by maggie nelson. The argonauts, in greek mythology, are the fifty heroes, led by jason, who sailed on a ship called the argo on a quest to bring back the golden fleece around 0 bc, before the trojan war. Theyre reading maggie nelsons the argonauts and posting about allie broshs hyperbole and a half. Nobody knew how the story would progress or finish. The lyric poet pindar 5th century bce gives an account, but the fullest version is argonautica, a 3rdcentury bce epic by apollonius of rhodes. The argonauts is a voyage through parenting, partnership. The argonauts got their name by combining the name of the ship, argo, named after its builder, argus, with the ancient greek word, naut, meaning voyager. The books title is borrowed from barthess theory that saying i love you to the same person is akin to the ancient greek argonauts, who gradually replaced each part of their ship mid. I was however, a listener to the session, but never a member or a contributor. The argonauts opens with maggie nelson getting fucked in the ass and thinking about wittgenstein, and i was like, whoa whoa whoa you cant write about this stuff in a world where the surrender by toni bentley already exists. The argonauts the global community to nurture courageous. London queer books group london, united kingdom meetup. We read long tomes, graphic novels, short stories and even nonfiction, whatever takes our fancy.
Once were argonauts abc news australian broadcasting. The club aims to provide an adventurous cultural program that engages students with history, art, music, drama and science. The format was revived on 7 january 1941 as a segment of abcs childrens session and broadcast nationally except in western. It binds an account of nelsons relationship with her partner and a journey to and through a pregnancy to a rigorous exploration of. Maggie nelsons the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of. The argonauts, in greek mythology, are the fifty heroes, led by jason, who sailed on a ship called the argo on a quest to bring back the golden fleece around 0 bc, before the trojan war the argonauts got their name by combining the name of the ship, argo, named after its builder, argus, with the ancient greek word, naut, meaning voyager. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family. A charity bringing disabled and abled body people together on a level playing field. In 2018 i conducted several presentations on australian radio listener clubs, one of which was at my local u3a. Maggie nelsons the argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of autotheory offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language.
The title comes from roland barthes, who wrote about how the argonauts gradually replaced each piece of their ship, the argo, during their voyage so that they ended with an entirely new ship. For more than eight decades, the toronto argonauts football club was the sole property of its namesake rowing club. The argonauts is the fifth book and third memoir the club will read. The story of the expedition of the argonauts is mentioned by homer odyssey, book xii, and the wandering of odysseus may have been partly founded on it.
I remember asking my mother at one stage about joining, but i dont remember the reply apart from it obviously being. The argonauts is the fifth book and third memoir the club will read since watson started the club in january. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family maggie nelsons. Emma watsons feminist book club may selection is maggie. She writes in a way that is literary, poetic, and academic. Greek history and the argonauts myth is a prominent feature of the club, however our purpose is to inspire curiosity in all forms of. Emma watson has chosen the argonauts by maggie nelson as the may. Maggie nelsons the argonauts literaryswag book club. Apr 27, 2016 the argonauts is the fifth book and third memoir the club will read since watson started the club in january. From dickens to dicks, literary periods to menstrual periods, and beouwulf to beyonce, we cover it all. A reading group that celebrates women authors in both classic and contemporary works.
Jason colavitos nonfiction book, jason and the argonauts through the ages explores one of humanitys earliest epics in its archaeological, cultural, artistic, historic, and literary context to present for the first time in one place startling new scholarly research conducted over the past ten years across many disciplines, shedding light on. Acastus was a son of pelias, king of iolcus and a first cousin of jason. The book opens with a scene of nelson blurting out i love you to an asyetunidentified you while having sex on a cement floor. A book club dedicated to florence welchs love of reading, the club are given a read recommendation every few months by florence or other special guests, and anyone who wants to join in on the big read can do so. A timely and genrebending memoir that offers fresh and fierce reflections on motherhood, desire, identity and feminism.
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