{"product_id":"this-blue-maureen-n-mclane-9780374535193","title":"This Blue: Poems","description":"\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, Andalucia, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maureen N. McLane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374535191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374535193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/2015 pg. 28","brand":"Maureen N. McLane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919610478847,"sku":"9780374535193","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_56955161-5098-4826-9f75-bfbe66dc11b1.jpg?v=1680810346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-blue-maureen-n-mclane-9780374535193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}