Maggie Nelson on Like Love
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Maggie Nelson on Like Love

The bestselling author dives deep into the last 20 years

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From poetry to prose, New York Times bestselling author Maggie Nelson eludes genre. Nelson visits Chicago Humanities to discuss her latest work Like Love, giving us an inside look into the past 20 years of her work — from profiles, reviews, and tributes to conversations with friends and idols like Prince and Judith Butler. Join us as Nelson highlights the writing, thinking, feeling, reading, looking, and conversing that she was immersed in while writing iconic books such as Bluets and The Argonauts.


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