"Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . ." A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With "Bluets," Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists. Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including "Something Bright, Then Holes" (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and "Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions" (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.
玛吉·尼尔森（Maggie Nelson）
美国散文家、评论家、诗人，被誉为“美国当代最令人振奋的作家之一”。著有《阿尔戈》（The Argonauts)、《蓝》（Bluets）、《残酷的艺术》（The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning）、《简：一桩谋杀案》（Jane: A Murder）等作品。曾获麦克阿瑟“天才奖”、美国国家书评奖等多个大奖，现执教于加州艺术学院。
翁海贞
资深译者，译有《伦敦传》《若非此时，何时？》《讲故事的人》《史诗》《文章家与先知》《排队》《纳粹军官的犹太妻子》《少女的沉默》等多部作品。