The Slicks
On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift
$22.50
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2025
Summary
An unexpected celebration of two of the most famous female poets of all time - Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath - and an inspired essay on female ambition by the beloved cult author of Bluets and The Argonauts.
In The Slicks, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge toward wanting hard, working hard, and pouring forth - and as twinned targets of patriarchy’s ancien…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911717652 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1911717650 |
| Author: | Maggie Nelson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Fern Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 60g |
| Dimensions: | 160mm x 111mm x 9mm |
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Among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation – Olivia Laing
One of the most unique voices in non-fiction: enquiring, political, lyrically dazzling, empathetic – Sinéad Gleeson
Always brilliant – Geoff Dyer
Her words come as though from a great distance and strike incredibly close – Anne Enright
Maggie Nelson shows us what it means to be real, offering a way of thinking that is as challenging as it is liberating – Eula Biss
Maggie Nelson who writes with such passion, clarity, explicitness, fluidity, playfulness and generosity that she redefines what thinking can do today – Wayne Koestenbaum
About The Author
Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is the author of several books of prose and poetry including The Red Parts, Bluets, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winner The Argonauts, On Freedom, Like Love and, most recently, Pathemata. She teaches at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.
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