{"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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monica Youn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.36w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555973810","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42758939934857,"sku":"9781555973810","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_245beabf-ea15-410c-b34d-cf94834181fa.jpg?v=1720499691","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/barter-poems-9781555973810","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}