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The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
4.0

While tracing the conception and birth of a child, the author expresses a lot of different thoughts, typically on the intersection of queer culture, sex, patriarchy, and feminist issues.

It is unabashedly expressive and earnest, with subjects being brought up and returned to throughout and are thematic with the overall journey. It struck me that it simulates a prevalent stereotype of pregnant women, where their minds are scatterbrained. Only the random thoughts are much more cohesive and, often, quite profound, even as they feel rapid fire and random in the moment.