Tonight I'm Someone Else: Essays
A highly anticipated collection from Maggie Nelson, who has been described as "bracingly good...refreshing and welcome." It explores the various ways in which desire and commodification intersect.
Chelsea Hodson investigates her own desires in these essays, which range from graffiti gangs and Grand Theft Auto to sugar daddies, Schopenhauer, and a deadly game of Russian roulette. She questions the value of our privacy, intimacy, and our own bodies in an increasingly digital world of liking, connecting, and sharing.
Beginning with Hodson's own work experience, which ranges from the mundane to the bizarre—including modelling and working on a NASA Mars mission—Hodson expands outward, examining the various ways in which humans will submit, whether in the marketplace or in a relationship. This collection, which is both sensitive and disturbing, is pertinent to anybody who has ever wondered what they are worth.
Hodson's accumulation inside each piece is deliberate, and her writing is colourful, straightforward, and even disturbing as she examines the magnificent and weird forms of desire. In this fresh, beautiful debut from a promising new voice, Hodson wonders, "How much can a body endure?" "Almost everything," was the emphatic response.
