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Fifty-Word Review: Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Posted on May 9, 2015 by robert okaji

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Neither poetry nor prose, existing between but transforming both, Maggie Nelson’s Bluets astounds in its generosity of detail, insight and compelling language. Love, injury, art, failure, truth, loneliness, sex and the color blue in all its shades and moods permeate this work. Read it now. You have waited long enough!

Published by Wave Books: http://www.wavepoetry.com/

4 thoughts on “Fifty-Word Review: Bluets by Maggie Nelson”

MW on May 9, 2015 at 12:09 pm said:

I actually took some MFA courses under Maggie; she’s apt, but unlike her writing, VERY fast-paced. I liked her approach to long-form verse.

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- robert okaji on May 9, 2015 at 3:47 pm said:
  
  I’m envious!
  
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bellainbristol on May 11, 2015 at 3:20 am said:

Robert,
Just wanted to say thanking for liking my blog a little way back now on 30th April – have enjoyed reflective pauses mulling over your poems on visiting your site and really identify with your compulsion to hoard books!

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- robert okaji on May 11, 2015 at 8:04 am said:
  
  It was my pleasure! And books are one of those enjoyable hazards… Thanks for stopping by.
  
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