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The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift
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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 ancient urge to disparage, trivialise and demonise such prolific, intimate output.The Slicks is a heady, rallying and unexpected melding of popular culture and literary criticism – an inspired treatise and unexpected celebration of two iconic female poets by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.
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"Finishing this hopefully intentionally unserious book, I felt an overwhelming sense of anxiety emanating from its pages."
"A sensitive meditation on women's quests ..."
"But the effect is confusing, partly because Nelson seldom quotes or cites the dismissive commentary that Swift has been subjected to."
"One peril in writing about what 'people' are saying about an artist is that each of us swims in a different soup of party conversations, social media posts, online articles, comment threads, and classroom discussions ..."
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