{"product_id":"water-puppets-9780822961604","title":"Water Puppets","description":"Winner of the 2010 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her third poetry collection, Quan Barry explores the universal image of war as evidenced in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as Vietnam, the country of her birth. In the long poem \u003ci\u003emeditations\u003c\/i\u003e Barry examines her own guilt in initially supporting the invasion of Iraq. Throughout the manuscript she investigates war and its aftermath by negotiating between geographically disparate landscapes - from the genocide in the Congo - to a series of prose poem snapshots of modern day Vietnam. Despite the gravity of war, Barry also turns her signature lyricism to other topics such as the beauty of Peru or the paintings of Ana Fernandez.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuan Barry\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eControvertibles.\u003c\/i\u003e She is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she directs the MFA program in creative writing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580284469522,"sku":"9780822961604","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_921c3be2-bf74-44ee-b079-370733582027.jpg?v=1756214815","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/water-puppets-9780822961604","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}