Bluets
by Maggie Nelson
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Poetry, Poetry, and Fiction.
Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color...A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.Maggie Nelson is the author of numerou...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Poetry, Poetry, and Fiction.
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Celeste Ng
“What are your favorite books (esp. novels) composed of small fragments Ex: BLUETS by Maggie Nelson DEPT OF SPECULATION by Jenny Offill 300 ARGUMENTS by Sarah Manguso ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES &etc. by Lucy Corin MADELEINE IS SLEEPING by Sarah ShunLien Bynum What else”
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