{"product_id":"barter-poems-9781555973810","title":"Barter: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Barter exchanges history for myth, direct speech for epistles, activity for observation . . . breathtaking.\" --Claudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFelix the Rat's hind feet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecould be Barbie hands--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e same pink, same \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003einjection-molded seaming.\u003c\/i\u003e--from \"Electronica\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eBarter\u003c\/i\u003e, Monica Youn's exciting first collection, negotiate transactions between scarcity and excess, pornography and abstraction, the thing and the thing seen. Rendered with a dazzling array of structures and allusions, these poems describe--and become--a strange gallery of paintings and portraits. She offers a Polaroid left on a windshield, step-by-step instructions for \"Drawing for Absolute Beginners,\" a stereoscope with a box of slides. Both an homage to and a warning against nonexistent things, Barter introduces a vibrant new voice and a new way of seeing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Youn\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Houston, Texas. A former Stegner Fellow, she has published poems in numerous anthologies and journals, including \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in Manhattan, where she is an intellectual property lawyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356289470738,"sku":"9781555973810","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6805a087-83f0-43c7-beb5-e179a88f89be.jpg?v=1728308561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/barter-poems-9781555973810","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}