Over the course of three years of slowly fading sadness, Maggie Nelson turns to notes on color by Goethe and Wittgenstein, recalls quotes from Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Marguerite Duras, and John Berger, surrounds herself with blue objects, and explores personal memories and dreams. The result of this close examination of art, literature, and loneliness is a lyrical, philosophical, and revealing essay; 240 statements about grief, love, their limitations, and—the color blue.

Author: Maggie Nelson
Publishing House: No Kidding Press
Year: 2021
Number of pages: 96
Cover type: paperback
Translator: Anastasia Karkacheva
Editor: Laima Anderson
Age group: 18+