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."- Peter Rock, The Rumpus "It's an impossible book to describe without simply handing it to you it is, hackneyed as it is to say, a book to be experienced. Through this collage, she broadens the definition of blue from a merely visual phenomenon to a vehicle for the divine."- Catherine Lacey, Time Out New York "In 240 entries, Nelson relates a history of blue from philosophical, zoological and literary perspectives, all the while weaving in bits of memoir and emotional rumination. Shaggy, wild, and strong-they're a revealing metaphor for the author."- Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, The Brooklyn Rail She dreams someone sends her cornflowers, the American name for bluets. "In the end Nelson breaks free of romance's tyranny. Bluets is smart yet intimate, quiet yet provocative, and a welcome addition to the poetic non-fiction discourse."- Susie DeFord, BOMB "Maggie Nelson continues to raise the bar higher in what a reader can expect from a book.
"An elegant, indispensable addition to the genre of the lyric essay."- Kathleen Rooney, Boston Review Seeking such reciprocity-no less an ideal than, say, 'the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings'-may radically redefine poetry, as it increasingly becomes the genre that is not one."- Albert Mobilio, Bookforum "Nelson's expressive style springs from her subject as much as the content, in turn, inflects her vocabulary, tone and structure.
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