{"product_id":"9781555973810","title":"Barter","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\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\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060308918512,"sku":"9781555973810","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555973810_p0.jpg?v=1763756206","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555973810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}