Pathemata by Maggie Nelson - ISBN: 9781529951363
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Dreaming of pain, a writer’s mouth finds its voice in loss.
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Pathemata

Or, The Story of My Mouth

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  • Paperback

    80 pages

  • Release Date

    25 August 2026

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Summary

A profound and deeply personal exploration of pain, the body and loss by the beloved author of Bluets and The Argonauts.

“It’s not the dream that matters, it’s the telling of the dream – the words you choose, the risks you take in externalizing your mind.”

This is a dreamlike portrait of a body in struggle to connect with itself and others. As the narrator contends with chronic pain, and with a pandemic raging in the background, she sets out to examine the literal and symbolic…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529951363
ISBN-10:1529951364
Author:Maggie Nelson
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:80
Release Date:25 August 2026
Weight:68g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 7mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘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
In Pathemata, Nelson somehow manages to write with perfect emotional pitch: its melancholia balanced with humour, its moments of grief and pain tempered by joy. Full of warmth, wisdom and weirdness, it is bound to become a classic. I adored it – Jenny Mustard

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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