What I'm Looking For: Selected Poems 2005–2017

by Maureen N. McLane

Gathering the best of her first five collections, a 'sexy, cerebral and romantic' introduction to one of the US's most charismatic and original poets Loose-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' ( London Review of Books ). What I'm Looking For 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, Same Life , to the later collections' shadowing of a mind roaming wittily through nature, philosophy, music and sex, and the bravura life-story-in-episodes of Mz the serial . Brainy, funny, passionate, uncool and always utterly charming, these 'sexy, cerebral and romantic' poems ( The New York Times Book Review ) will make you 'laugh, cry and think in quick succession, or all at once' ( Sarah Howe ).

Genres: Poetry

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2019

Reviews

[Caspar "moved to storygraph" Bryant]

This was a rogue one, a birthday present I made myself and didn't tell anybody about. She's interesting and light, solar.

[Tom Wein · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Sexy and cerebral” says the NYT cover quote, and I can’t do better than that. A brilliantly lively poetic voice, especially when telling of the adventures of Mz N.

[Cooch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent

'Mz N' poems are a highlight, but really all the poetry here is very good, or excellent. Someone commented it's a page turner, and it is.