{"product_id":"tracks-poems-on-the-l-9798888380536","title":"Tracks: Poems on the \"L\"","description":"Lois Baer Barr's \u003cem\u003eTracks: Poems on the \"L\"\u003c\/em\u003e announces an exciting new voice. Her poems are attentive to the electrical details of urban life, which she observes on her journeys across Chicago's \"L.\" From these details, Barr constructs a portrait of Chicago as it is today: a city marred by violence and by grotesque wealth; a city whose beauty is urgent and extraordinary for those who care to look at it closely. This is a poetry written in the public square and for it-a poetry that proposes, through the precision of its attention, to help us see each other more clearly.\u003cstrong\u003e-Toby Altman\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eDiscipline Park\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe movement of the train meets the movement of life in the poems of Lois Baer Barr's \u003cem\u003ePoems on the \"L\"\u003c\/em\u003e, and we readers are Barr's fortunate passengers, carried through a range of Chicagoan experiences in fresh, thoughtful, and indeed poetic ways. These poems carry a sense of joy of the communal journey-and what it means to never stop being surprised by our time with others, as so beautifully summed up in words from the final poem of the collection \"Fail Better II\" \u003cem\u003eI want to ride the \"L\" again-\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eshare air space, delays, rattles\u003c\/em\u003e \/ a\u003cem\u003end hums. Sway with other riders.\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eA poetry petri dish, the \"L\" \u003c\/em\u003e\/ \u003cem\u003eis so full of people's stories, \u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eyou cannot fail to find one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Andrea Witzke Slot\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ministry of Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e (Valley Press) and \u003cem\u003eTo find a new beauty\u003c\/em\u003e (Gold Wake Press)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a wonderful read!! Inventive, touching, funny, \u003cem\u003eTracks: Poems on the \"L\" \u003c\/em\u003eis Lois Baer Barr's love letter to Chicago and to her life in late middle age. She takes us on a journey through physical and emotional landscapes with an empathy and expansiveness that leaves her readers changed, as she is changed by her encounters with the people she meets.\u003cstrong\u003e-Ellen Birkett Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of\u003cem\u003e LOST GIRLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-18901\"\u003eLois Baer Barr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888380536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8888380531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44545483243757,"sku":"9798888380536","price":21.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9e7d0f7a-5cf2-4a15-b8f4-21c08b7019fb.jpg?v=1701576596","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/tracks-poems-on-the-l-9798888380536","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}