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Barter
Barter
Author: Monica Youn
“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 Ba...  more », 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.
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ISBN-13: 9781555973810
ISBN-10: 1555973817
Publication Date: 5/1/2003
Pages: 71
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Publisher: Graywolf Press
Book Type: Paperback
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