Stumble, Gorgeous

by Paula McLain

Poetry. "STUMBLE, GORGEOUS offers her most powerful and accomplished writing to date: the music sings metrically and in a range of sounds and voices; the syntax unfolds pleasure and difficulty in uneven doses and often surprises in its jangling turns"--Ira Sadoff.

Genres: Poetry

57 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Paula McLain is the author of the New York Times and internationally bestselling novels, The Paris Wife, Circling the Sun and Love and Ruin. Her latest instant bestseller is, When the Stars Go Dark. Her forthcoming novel is Skylark, on shelves 1/6/26. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996, and is also the author of two collections of poetry, the memoir Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses, and the debut novel, A Ticket to Ride. Her work has has appeared in The New York Times, Real Simple, Town & Country, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Cleveland, Ohio.

Reviews

[Patricia Jabbeh W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book, terse and powerfully moving. Great author and person too. I heard her read at AWP, and told her how incredible she was, and said that I liked the book, and she walked off stage and handed me the copy she was reading at the end of her session, stood there and signed it. I taught she was bolder than me.I taught the book in my creative writing class the next semester, and it moved my students with its powerful images.

[Grace Tracey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt like some of the references where over complicated. Overall I did not understand a lot of parts and had to reread in order to get a somewhat understanding.

[Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knowing her as the author of the excellent historical fiction novel, "A Paris Wife," I didn't expect McLain's poetry to shine, but it does!

This collection carries unexpected depth and strength, and is akin to the early work of Olena Kalytiak Davis (And Her Soul Out of Nothing).