{"product_id":"pathemata-or-the-story-of-my-mouth-paperback","title":"Pathemata, Or, the Story of My Mouth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***Longlisted for the 2025 PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e is an experiment in interiority written in the pandemic studio. Something of a companion piece to 2009's \u003ci\u003eBluets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePathemata \u003c\/i\u003emerges a pain diary chronicling a decade of jaw pain with dreams and dailies, eventually blurring the lines between embodied, unconscious, and everyday life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn scrupulously distilled prose, \u003ci\u003ePathemata\u003c\/i\u003e offers a tragicomic portrait of a particularly unnerving and isolating moment in recent history, as well as an abiding account of how it feels to inhabit a mortal body in struggle to connect with others. Formally inspired by Hervé Guibert's\u003ci\u003eThe Mausoleum of Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, and conceptually guided by Gilles Deleuze's notion of artist as symptomologist, \u003ci\u003ePathemata\u003c\/i\u003eis yet another urgent innovation from Maggie Nelson in the art of life-writing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose, many of which have become cult classics defying categorization. She first published \u003ci\u003eBluets \u003c\/i\u003ewith Wave Books in 2009 - in 2015, the book was named by \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e one of the top 10 best books of the past 20 years; in 2024, it was adapted into an acclaimed play staged at the Royal Court Theater of London. Her other nonfiction titles include \u003ci\u003eLike Love: Essays and Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), \u003ci\u003eOn Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint\u003c\/i\u003e (2021; named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), the National Book Critics Circle Award winner \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e (2015; named by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eone of the top 100 books of the 21st Century), \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e (2011; named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), \u003ci\u003eThe Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eWomen, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). Her poetry titles include \u003ci\u003eSomething Bright, Then Holes\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). A 2016 MacArthur \"genius\" fellow, she currently teaches at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles. Her newest, \u003ci\u003ePathemata, or The Story of My Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in April 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52011879661869,"sku":"9798891060388","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/pathemata-or-the-story-of-my-mouth-paperback-4242500.webp?v=1777443968","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/pathemata-or-the-story-of-my-mouth-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}