Maggie Nelson's "The Argonauts" artfully brings together theory and memoir, elucidating contemporary thought on language and identity via personal narrative and lived experience. Her memoir reads with ease as she explores the complexity of her relationship with her fluidly gendered partner, as well as her experiences with pregnancy and caretaking. Ultimately, Nelson's memoir comes to question sexuality, gender, and common notions of "family," while giving the reader insight into the ways in which theory can apply, and bend, to life.
