Bluets

Bluets

<DIV><p><em>Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . .</em></p> <p>A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With <em>Bluets</em>, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.</p> <p><strong>Maggie Nelson</strong> is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including <em>Something Bright, Then Holes</em> (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and <em>Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions</em> (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.</p></DIV>