{"product_id":"the-galleons-poems-9781571315236","title":"The Galleons: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Pacific Northwest Book Award\u003cbr\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003eThe Galleons\u003c\/em\u003e, he widens his scope, contextualizing the immigrant journey of his Filipino-American family in the larger history and aftermath of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith nods toward Barot's poetic predecessors--from Frank O'Hara to John Donne--\u003cem\u003eThe Galleons\u003c\/em\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.\"\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-12357571\"\u003eRick Barot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571315233\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-POE005060\"\u003eAmerican | Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\u003c\/a\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-POE023040\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Places\u003c\/a\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-POE023050\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Barot\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has published three previous volumes of poetry: \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Fall\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWant\u003c\/i\u003e; which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and won the 2009 GrubStreet Book Prize; and \u003ci\u003eChord\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eChord\u003c\/i\u003e received the UNT Rilke Prize, the PEN Open Book Award, and the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award. It was also a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Artist Trust of Washington, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and Stanford University. He is the poetry editor for the \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Tacoma, Washington, and directs The Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44715029823725,"sku":"9781571315236","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0c8601e2-fc79-4f1f-a3a5-941117ce8eb8.jpg?v=1704116860","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-galleons-poems-9781571315236","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}