RaveThe Los Angeles TimesThe Argonauts shows us the value of lives, and books, that refuse to be 'all one thing.' Although Nelson's discussions are grounded in real life, they're amply fed by — though never roped off inside — abstract thought ... The book is all detached paragraphs, no indentations and no visible chapter breaks. Impressively for a work that was largely composed in sections, The Argonauts is a keenly conceived whole. It's a book about using the writings of smart, even difficult writers to help us find clarity and precision in our intimate lives, and it's a book about the no less intimate pleasures of the life of the mind.
