And she put down the phone, and drew the blinds.
Edward Mullany is the author of If I Falter at the Gallows, Figures for an Apocalypse and The Three Sunrises. He is the recipient of a Barthelme Fellowship from the Inprint Foundation. He is also the creator of the comic strips Rachel and Ben and Excerpts From a Boring Man's Diary. He has a twitter and tumblr.
Is this a reference to Bluets by Maggie Nelson?
Yes, although I guess I meant for that word, “bluets”, to function here like the word “nocturnes” functions for a particular genre of piano music. It isn’t so much the title of the work, as the title of the genre to which the work belongs.
I can dig it. Thanks for the clarification!