# The Slicks

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- Authors: [Maggie Nelson](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-nelson)
- Publisher: Fern Press
- ISBN: 978-19-1171-765-2
- Pages: 80
- Published: 2025-11-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In The Slicks , Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge toward wanting hard, working hard, and pouring forth – and as twinned targets of patriarchy’s ancient urge to disparage, trivialise and demonise such prolific, intimate output. The Slicks is a heady, rallying and unexpected melding of popular culture and literary criticism – an inspired treatise and unexpected celebration of two iconic female poets by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.