{"product_id":"asylum-paperback-1","title":"Asylum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuan Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2000 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize\u003cbr\u003e2002 finalist in poetry, Society of Midland Authors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuan Barry's stunning debut collection has been compared to Sylvia Plath's Ariel for the startling complexity of craft and the original sophisticated vision behind it. In these poems beauty is just as likely to be discovered on a radioactive atoll as in the existential questions raised by The Matrix. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAsylum is a work concerned with giving voice to the displaced--both real and fictional. In \"some refrains Sam would have played had he been asked\" the piano player from Casablanca is fleshed out in ways the film didn't allow. Steven Seagal, Yukio Mishima, Tituba of the Salem Witch Trials, and eighteenth-century black poet Phillis Wheatley also populate these poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarry engages with the world--the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, the legacy of the Vietnam war--but also tackles the broad meditative question of the individual's existence in relation to a higher truth, whether examining rituals or questioning, \"Where is it written that we should want to be saved?\" Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e finds a haven by not looking away.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuan Barry\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eControvertibles.\u003c\/i\u003e She is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she directs the MFA program in creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.3 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Society of Midland Authors Award (2002)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52612767383834,"sku":"9780822957690","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/8VtcDahXc69780822957690.webp?v=1785402240","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/asylum-paperback-1","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}