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Bluets

by Maggie Nelson

Narrator Maggie Nelson

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Length 2 hours 4 minutes

Language English

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Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color …

Since 2009, when it first published, to today, Bluets has drawn scores of readers with its surprising insights into the emotional depths that make us most human—via 240 short pieces, at once lyrical and philosophical, on the color blue. This new edition celebrates Maggie Nelson’s uncompromising vision, inviting longtime fans and newcomers alike to experience and share in an indispensable work that continues to disrupt the literary landscape.

Essays Nonfiction Social Science

Maggie Nelson is a poet, critic, and award-winning author of The Argonauts, Bluets, The Art of Cruelty, Jane: A Murder , and The Red Parts, among others.

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Audiobook details

Author:
Maggie Nelson

Narrator:
Maggie Nelson

ISBN:
9781094071541

Length:
2 hours 4 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing

Publication date:
January 28, 2020

Edition:
Unabridged

Libro.fm rank:
#24,590 Overall

Genre rank:
#501 in Essays

Reviews

“An elegant, indispensable addition to the genre of the lyric essay.”

“Nelson relates a history of blue from philosophical, zoological, and literary perspectives, all the while weaving in bits of memoir and emotional rumination. Through this collage, she broadens the definition of blue from a merely visual phenomenon to a vehicle for the divine.”

“A book to be experienced. I can only report that I am reading it again and again, that the resonances between the (seemingly) disparate propositions are startling and emotional, that I suspect your reaction will be different and also quite wonderful.”

“Bluets is smart yet intimate, quiet yet provocative, and a welcome addition to the poetic nonfiction discourse.”

“May radically redefine poetry, as it increasingly becomes the genre that is not one.”

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