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Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts is an autotheoretical work combining her personal experiences of marriage and motherhood with reflections on queer and feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and developmental psychology; the narrative loosely follows her relationship with artist Harry Dodge, their marriage, and the birth of their child, Iggy, while interweaving philosophical musings and non-linear recollections. This text deals with terminal illness and gender dysphoria.