{"product_id":"blue-on-a-blue-palette","title":"Blue on a Blue Palette","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLynne Thompson’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlue on a Blue Palette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e reflects on the condition of women—their joys despite their histories, and their insistence on survival as issues of race, culture, pandemic, and climate threaten their livelihoods.\u003c\/strong\u003e The documentation of these personal odysseys—which vary stylistically from abecedarians to free verse to centos—replicate the many ways women travel through the stages of their lives, all negotiated on a palette encompassing various shades of blue. These poems demand your attention, your voice: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Say history. Claim. Say wild.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eBlue on a Blue Palette\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the unfailing wand of her intelligence, empathy, and bull’s-eye humor, everything this fast-paced poet contemplates turns to dazzling sparks and sleight-of-hand.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Cyrus Cassells author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World That the Shooter Left Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Lynne Thompson’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlue on a Blue Palette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at turns—and, often, all at once—old and new.  That is, rooted strong in a long tradition and legitimately experimental. Thompson’s range in form and subject matter is equaled only by the deftness with which she handles each. In these pages we get a true blue blueswoman who knows when to whisper and when to wail, one who has lived some, and means to make song of what she’s seen.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Murillo, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKontemporary Amerikan Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Singing the blues in this beautiful and devastating collection, Lynne Thompson calls on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etradition of poets such as Patricia Smith and Adrienne Rich to examine a culture of injustice and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eloss for women and for people of color...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an important collection, one to keep close, as the layers of resilience and hard-won praise grow richer with each read.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ellen Bass, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndigo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44444369518821,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/files\/Blue_On_A_Blue_Palette_CVR_SM.jpg?v=1701374198","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/blue-on-a-blue-palette","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}