Play Audiobook Sample
Bluets Audiobook
Play Audiobook Sample
(0.00) - 0 listener ratings
Quick Stats About this Audiobook
Total Audiobook Chapters:
Longest Chapter Length:
Shortest Chapter Length:
Average Chapter Length:
Audiobooks by this Author:
Publisher Description
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.
Download and start listening now!
“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.”
— Time Out New York
Quotes
-
“An elegant, indispensable addition to the genre of the lyric essay.”
— Boston Review -
“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.”
— The Rumpus -
“Bluets is smart yet intimate, quiet yet provocative, and a welcome addition to the poetic nonfiction discourse.”
— Bomb -
“May radically redefine poetry, as it increasingly becomes the genre that is not one.”
— Bookforum
Bluets Listener Reviews
Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!
About Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is a poet, art critic, and author of nonfiction books such as The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning, Bluets, and Jane: A Murder. She teaches in the School of Critical Studies at CalArts.