{"product_id":"barter","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\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.","brand":"Monica Youn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68099345776791,"sku":"9781555973810","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_738eac1b-cf49-4068-a248-639ce2a87da7.jpg?v=1792480694","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/barter","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}