{"product_id":"the-galleons-poems-9781571315236","title":"The Galleons: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor almost twenty years, Rick Barot has been writing some of the most stunningly crafted lyric poems in America, paying careful, Rilkean attention to the layered world that surrounds us. In \u003ci\u003eThe Galleons\u003c\/i\u003e, he widens his scope, contextualizing the immigrant journey of his Filipino-American family in the larger history and aftermath of colonialism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These poems are engaged in the work of recovery, making visible what is often intentionally erased: the movement of domestic workers on a weekday morning in Brooklyn; a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, fondly sharing photos of his dog; the departure and destination points of dozens of galleons between 1564 and 1815, these ships evoking both the vast movements of history and the individual journeys of those borne along by their tides. \"Her story is a part of something larger, it is a part \/ of history,\" Barot writes of his grandmother. \"No, her story is an illumination \/\/ of history, a matchstick lit in the black seam of time.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With nods toward Barot's poetic predecessors--from Frank O'Hara to John Donne--\u003ci\u003eThe Galleons\u003c\/i\u003e represents an exciting extension and expansion of this virtuosic poet's work, marrying \"reckless\" ambition and crafted \"composure,\" in which we repeatedly find the speaker standing and breathing before the world, \"incredible and true.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2020 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rick Barot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660153385116,"sku":"9781571315236","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3b6b542c-1f6c-418c-9c2a-f255bc8602d2.jpg?v=1603896211","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-galleons-poems-9781571315236","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}