Barter: Poems
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"Barter exchanges history for myth, direct speech for epistles, activity for observation . . . breathtaking." --Claudia Rankine
Felix the Rat's hind feetcould be Barbie hands--
same pink, same
injection-molded seaming.--from "Electronica" The poems in Barter, 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1555973817
ISBN13:9781555973810
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:Graywolf Press
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.4" x 8.9"
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