<DIV><p><I>Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . .</I></p><p>A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With <I>Bluets</I>, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.</p><p><B>Maggie Nelson</B> is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including <I>Something Bright, Then Holes</I> (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and <I>Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions</I> (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.</p></DIV>