Barter: Poems

"Barter exchanges history for myth, direct speech for epistles, activity for observation . . . breathtaking." --Claudia...
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Author: Monica Youn
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Language: English
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Barter: Poems by Youn, Monica

Barter: Poems

$38.50

Barter: Poems

$38.50
Author: Monica Youn
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Barter exchanges history for myth, direct speech for epistles, activity for observation . . . breathtaking." --Claudia Rankine

Felix the Rat's hind feet
could 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.

Author: Monica Youn
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 05/01/2003
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.36w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9781555973810


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/21/2003 pg. 58
Library Journal 06/01/2003 pg. 127

About the Author

Monica Youn was raised in Houston, Texas. A former Stegner Fellow, she has published poems in numerous anthologies and journals, including Agni, Fence, and Poetry. She currently lives in Manhattan, where she is an intellectual property lawyer.




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