Lynne ThompsonsBlue on a Blue Palettereflectson the condition of womentheir joys despite their histories, and theirinsistence on survival as issues of race, culture, pandemic, and climatethreaten their livelihoods.The documentation of these personalodysseyswhich vary stylistically from abecedarians to free verse tocentosreplicate the many ways women travel through the stages of their lives,all negotiated on a palette encompassing various shades of blue. These poemsdemand your attention, your voice: Say history. Claim. Say wild.