{"id":235,"date":"2026-02-02T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/?p=235"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:22:19","slug":"maggie-nelson-the-slicks-on-sylvia-plath-and-taylor-swift-sbma-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/maggie-nelson-the-slicks-on-sylvia-plath-and-taylor-swift-sbma-march-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Nelson: \u201cThe Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift,&#8221; SBMA, March 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-11.08.14-AM-794x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-11.08.14-AM-794x1024.png 794w, https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-11.08.14-AM-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-11.08.14-AM-768x990.png 768w, https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-11.08.14-AM-1191x1536.png 1191w, https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-11.08.14-AM.png 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, author Maggie Nelson returns to the Museum to read from and discuss&nbsp;<em>The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift<\/em>. In&nbsp;<em>The Slicks<\/em>, Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge towards wanting hard, working hard and pouring forth \u2013 and as twinned targets of patriarchy\u2019s ancient urge to disparage, trivialize and demonize such prolific, intimate output. A heady and rallying melding of popular culture and literary criticism,&nbsp;<em>The Slicks<\/em>&nbsp;is an inspired and unexpected assessment of two iconic female artists by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maggie Nelson is a poet, critic, and award-winning author of\u00a0<em>The Argonauts<\/em>, <em>Bluets<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Art of Cruelty<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Jane: A Murder<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Red Parts<\/em>. She lives in Los Angeles, California.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Book signing to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbma.net\/events\/parallel-stories-maggie-nelson-slicks-sylvia-plath-and-taylor-swift\">Get tickets<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, author Maggie Nelson returns to the SB Museum of Art to read from and discuss\u00a0&#8220;The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift.&#8221; March 8, 2:30 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}