--- product_id: 66528120 title: "blud" price: "C$1640" currency: NIO in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ni/products/66528120-blud store_origin: NI region: Nicaragua --- # 4.7/5 star rating from 121 reviews 78th in Hispanic American Poetry 176th in LGBTQ+ Poetry blud **Price:** C$1640 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Own the poetry that speaks truth to power and belongs on every mindful bookshelf. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** blud - **How much does it cost?** C$1640 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ni](https://www.desertcart.ni/products/66528120-blud) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Empowering Testimony:** A powerful collection that transforms inherited trauma into resilient hope. - • **Rhythmic, Lush Language:** Experience poetry that blends dark magic with urgent, tightly controlled rhythms. - • **Award-Winning Recognition:** Ranked top 100 in Hispanic American Poetry and praised by Booklist and Poetry Foundation. - • **Fierce, Unflinching Voice:** Dive into boundary-pushing poems that confront taboo topics with fearless honesty. - • **Cultivated for the Conscious Reader:** Perfect for socially aware millennials craving authentic, transformative literature. ## Overview blud by Rachel McKibbens is a critically acclaimed poetry collection that explores inherited trauma, identity, and resilience through lush, rhythmic language. Celebrated for its fearless honesty and cultural significance, it ranks highly in Hispanic American and LGBTQ+ poetry categories and holds a 4.7-star rating from over 120 readers. ## Description "Throughout [BLUD], McKibbens breathes brilliant life into language, forging lush, rhythmic poems that are both fiercely urgent and tightly controlled, dark and flickering with fairy-tale-like magic. . . . Stunning, unflinching, fearless."― Booklist Starred Review "Chicana poet, activist, and witchy folk hero of the disenfranchised. . . . [McKibbens] creates these spaces of witness with her feral and boundary-pushing poems that speak unflinchingly of topics often swept under the rug: rape, domestic violence, body shaming, mental illness, prejudice."― Ploughshares "McKibbens, a pioneer in the art of performance poetry, presents her audience [with] selfless honesty."― The Rumpus "Rachel McKibbens . . . reminds us why poetry as testimony is so necessary." ―Poetry Foundation McKibbens's blud is a collection of dark, rhythmic poems interested in the ways in which inherited things―bloodlines, mental illnesses, trauma―affect their inheritors. Reveling in form and sound, McKibbens's writing takes back control, undaunted by the idea of sinking its teeth into the ugliest moments of life, while still believing―and looking for―the good underneath all the bruising. From "untitled (lost love)": To my daughters I need to say: Go with the one who loves you biblically. The one whose love lifts its head to you despite its broken neck. Whose body bursts sixteen arms electric to carry you, gentle the way old grief is gentle. Love the love that is messy in all its too much . . . Rachel McKibbens is a poet, activist, playwright, essayist, and two-time New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow. She is the author of four books and founder of The Pink Door, an annual writing retreat open exclusively to women of color. She lives in Rochester, New York. ## Features - stupid - Product type: PHYSICAL_MOVIE - Brand: Copper Canyon Press ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #883,036 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #78 in Hispanic American Poetry #176 in LGBTQ+ Poetry (Books) #776 in Poetry by Women | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 121 Reviews | ## Images ![blud - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61tFvuW7zfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by E***. on March 13, 2019* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by L***E on November 16, 2017* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by W***N on March 5, 2019* --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ni/products/66528120-blud](https://www.desertcart.ni/products/66528120-blud) --- *Product available on Desertcart Nicaragua* *Store origin: NI* *Last updated: 2026-06-30*