Maggie Nelson

From a debut novel by Stephanie Wambugu to Maggie Nelson’s analysis of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath, the frieze team recommend the new books they’re most excited about

The author speaks about the importance of transgression in art and why her latest book is dedicated to the poet Eileen Myles

The poet’s second collection, ‘Romance or the End’, belongs in the heartbreak canon with Maggie Nelson and Anne Carson

Three new books – from T. Fleischmann, Kathryn Scanlan and Anne Walsh – make a case for the importance of intimacy

Vincent Fecteau and Mary Reid Kelley are awarded MacArthur genius grants; Ulay victorious in court case against ex-partner Marina Abramović

From John Ashbery on art criticism to an analysis of the new populism: what to read this weekend

Patrick Staff, Diego Velázquez and Mad Max: Matthew McLean shares his highlights from 2015

Anwar Jalal Shemza, Mrinalini Mukherjee and Maggie Nelson: Shanay Jhaveri shares his highlights from 2015

Three new publications intimately concerned with difficult bodies

The artist discusses the books that have influenced her

Maggie Nelson's meditation on a set of oxymorons: the pregnant woman who thinks, the mother who writes and the queer who procreates