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womanvthevoid 's review for:
Couplets: A Love Story
by Maggie Millner
i enjoyed this. very much in the style of maggie nelson, whom I love. felt just a smidge whiney in tone, or like a self-centered sad search. which is fine, but simply not my favorite. well written. good story. i especially enjoyed the bit about how her love life is not more profound than anyone else's (that is to say, not at all). an interesting idea, a balance between the infinitely heavy and consuming importance of a love life to the actor, with an inherent frivolity to all others. what can we bring with us in talking about love and dating? can the pursuit of love bring people to something larger, as she quotes. but even further than that, what's larger than love? why is it a sidequest to general concepts of "truth" or "justice," etc.. not to be discounted. also feels misogynistic. or I suppose, love for love's sake historically is something explored mainly by women, as men historically use women as tools or passages towards other more noble realizations. interesting. will think about this more.