A review by ericfheiman
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson

2.0

I just couldn't get through this. The book raises some interesting issues, but is a bit too academic and impressed with itself, to the point where I began to lose sight of the book's larger points amidst all the intellectual posturing. Which is unfortunate because the points being raised—violence in art, censorship, etc.—deserve a wider audience.