{"product_id":"blue-opening-poems-chetla-sebree-paperback","title":"Blue Opening: Poems -- Chet'la Sebree, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 PEN\/Voelcker Award for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Prizes Poetry Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\n\n\"A profound poetic talent.\"--Ada Limón  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBlue Opening\u003c\/i\u003e, Chet'la Sebree's brilliant, illuminating poetry collection, grapples with origins--of illness, of language, of the universe--as the speaker contemplates whether she, too, can be a site of origin through motherhood. Navigating chronic health challenges alongside grief and questions about the nature of knowledge and religion, she searches personal history and the cosmos for answers to the unknowable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith startling clarity and vivid tenderness, \u003ci\u003eBlue Opening\u003c\/i\u003e calls into question not only where to begin, but how to create, across thirty-two poems that press the fluid boundaries of form through sonnets, prose poems, odes, and two unforgettable poetic sequences. As the speaker traverses loss, possibility, and the choice, or often the lack of choice, in the direction of her future, she determines to press forward even as she is \"unsure of what shape this language should take \/ and hulling, from blue rock, faith.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chet'la Sebree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.1\" H x 6.2\" L x 0.4\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781963108460\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51021741916464,"sku":"9781963108460","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781963108460_b8b25058-5f6d-404d-afa8-0f7282f709c4.jpg?v=1784226262","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/blue-opening-poems-chetla-sebree-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}