bluets #12

And she put down the phone, and drew the blinds.

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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.

3 thoughts on “bluets #12”

Is this a reference to Bluets by Maggie Nelson?

Edward says:

April 29, 2013 at 3:07 pm

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.

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1. Nathan Curtis Warner says:
  
  April 29, 2013 at 3:52 pm
  
  I can dig it. Thanks for the clarification!
  
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Nathan Curtis Warner says:

April 28, 2013 at 8:40 pm

Is this a reference to Bluets by Maggie Nelson?

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1. Edward says:
  
  April 29, 2013 at 3:07 pm
  
  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.
  
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  1. Nathan Curtis Warner says:
    
    April 29, 2013 at 3:52 pm
    
    I can dig it. Thanks for the clarification!
    
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