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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Maggie Nelson, Reading from
</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bluets</span></b></em><br>
Thursday, February 6, 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street, New Haven<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series
</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">in conjunction with the exhibition:</span></em> Blue: Color and Concept<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Maggie Nelson</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> is the author of books of nonfiction including
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bluets</span></em>, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Red Parts: A Memoir</span></em>, and
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Art of Cruelty</span></em>. Nelson is also the author of several books of poetry, including
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Something Bright, Then Holes</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Jane: A Murder</span></em>, <em>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Latest Winter</span></em> and
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Shiner</span></em>. She has received grants and awards from the Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nelson's reading is hosted in conjunction with the current exhibition, “Blue: Color and Concept.” The exhibition tracks a single idea across the Beinecke’s holdings and over numerous fields
in order to reveal a unique cultural history of the color blue in nineteenth- and twentieth-century arts and letters. More information:
<a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/blue-color-and-concept">http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/blue-color-and-concept</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Yale-Readings Listserv is sponsored by the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To post announcements about poetry and fiction readings, send the full text
of the announcement, including contact information, to <a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/yale-readings">
<span style="color:blue">nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</span></a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be posted.
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For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Poetry at Beinecke Library:
<a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/poetry-beinecke-library"><span style="color:blue">http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/poetry-beinecke-library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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