{"product_id":"this-blue-poems-paperback","title":"This Blue: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen N. McLane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vital, exhilarating new collection of poems from the National Book Critics Circle nominee \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom lichens to malls to merchant republics, it's \"another day in this here cosmos,\" in Maureen N. McLane's stunning third poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThis Blue. \u003c\/i\u003eHere are songs for and of a new century, poems both archaic and wholly now. In the middle of life, stationed in our common \"Terran Life,\" the poet conjures urban pigeons, Adirondack mountains, Genoa, Andaluc?a, Belfast, Parma; here is a world sounded out, broken, possibly shareable, newly named: \"Take it up Old Adam-- \/ everyday the world exists \/ to be named.\" \u003ci\u003eThis Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching and a singing--intricate, sexy, smart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen N. McLane\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eSame Life\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eWorld Enough\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2010). Her book \u003ci\u003eMy Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2012), a hybrid of memoir and criticism, was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695149486143,"sku":"9780374535193","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c01ada0e49e8d57c6a2de89737e9347e.webp?v=1765002808","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/this-blue-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}