{"product_id":"9780141988122-what-im-looking-for","title":"What I'm Looking For","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelected Poems 2005–2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is surprising, addictive poetry with delicious, seemingly wayward lines . McLane is a true Romantic, rooted in tradition while leaping and exulting in her originality' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGathering the best of her first five collections, a 'sexy, cerebral and romantic' introduction to one of the US's most singular and charismatic poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoose-limbed, freewheeling and conversational yet musically taut, Maureen N. McLane's poetry has been described as having 'a tonal register somewhere between teenage fangirl and Wordsworth professor' (\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eWhat I'm Looking For\u003c\/i\u003e gathers selections from her first five books of poetry, from the mixture of love poems and breezy skewerings of Great Literature that characterize her debut, \u003ci\u003eSame Life\u003c\/i\u003e, to the later collections' shadowing of a mind roaming wittily through nature, philosophy, music and sex, and the bravura life-story-in-episodes of \u003ci\u003eMz N: the serial\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrainy, funny, passionate, uncool and always utterly charming, these 'sexy, cerebral and romantic' poems (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) will make you 'laugh, cry and think in quick succession, or all at once' (Sarah Howe).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451334635894,"sku":"9780141988122","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32261735.jpg?v=1760461903","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141988122-what-im-looking-for","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}