Emma Corrin first encountered Maggie Nelson’s work three summers ago, when the actor was in Brighton, England, filming 2022’s “My Policeman,” a British drama about postwar sexual repression.
At the time, Corrin, now 28, was grappling with their gender identity, and a friend recommended “The Argonauts” (2015), Nelson’s memoir about queer desire and making a family with her partner, the artist Harry Dodge.
For Corrin, who recently wrote a screenplay with a friend, Nelson’s work remains a touchstone.
Earlier this year, Corrin saw the playwright Margaret Perry’s adaptation of “Bluets,” starring Emma D’Arcy, Kayla Meikle and Ben Whishaw, in London.
It was the first time that Nelson’s work had been performed onstage.
Persons:
Emma Corrin, Maggie Nelson’s, ”, Harry Dodge, Nelson, Eileen Myles, ” Nelson, who’s, “ Bluets ”, Diana, “, Corrin, Robert Eggers’s, Zal Batmanglij, Margaret Perry’s, Emma D’Arcy, Kayla Meikle, Ben Whishaw
Organizations:
Argonauts, City University of New, The Argonauts, University of Cambridge
Locations:
Brighton , England, Northern California, New York, City University of New York, Los Angeles, London, “ Orlando, ” Virginia