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Perseus publishingsuppose i were to begin by saying that i had fallen in love with a color. The argonauts by maggie nelson overdrive rakuten overdrive. When i walked into my friends hospital room, her eyes were a piercing, pale blue and the only part of her body that could move. Such a simple concept and yet have you reflected on the color in all its variations, collected it as an.
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Maggie nelsons bluets by ericaeller although maggie nelson is more popular for her genrebending book, the argonauts, i recently had a chance to read her earlier poetry book bluets. Maggie nelson is widely and critically wellregarded as a poet, prose writer and art critic. Bluets is a book by american author maggie nelson, published by wave books in 2009. Partly essay, partly poetry, its a collection of fragments, of quotations, a memoir with a hint of philosophical investigations. Partly essay, partly poetry, its a collection of fragments, of quotations, a.
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Maggie nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including something bright, then holes soft skull. A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal. Angenommen, ich wurde beginnen, indem ich sagte, ich hatte mich in eine farbe verliebt. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Likewise, maggie nelsons text practices the art of restraint more than it practices revelation, offering up a kind of exclusive set of. Her work is often described as genre crossing or hybrid. Maggie nelson is a poet, a critic, and the author of several nonfiction books, including the red parts, the art of cruelty. Bluets is brilliant and sad, and it adds to the excellent body of work this prolific, young writer has created. Do not, however, make the mistake of thinking that all desire is yearning. Jun 15, 2017 maggie nelson is one of the most electrifying writers at work in america today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation. Oct 15, 2009 with bluets, maggie nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists. Nelsons insistence on radical individual freedom and the value of caretaking becomes the rallying cry for this thoughtful, unabashed, uncompromising book. Buy bluets book online at low prices in india bluets.
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