{"product_id":"asylum-9780822957690","title":"Asylum","description":"Winner of the 2000 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize\u003cbr\u003e2002 finalist in poetry, Society of Midland Authors \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quan Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.12w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822957690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Society of Midland Authors Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2001 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2002 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44697642434675,"sku":"9780822957690","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e4e554ee-29a8-4e0b-a0b2-4223928de0c7.jpg?v=1775245219","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/asylum-9780822957690","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}