Monica Youn

"Barter exchanges history for myth, direct speech for epistles, activity for observation . . . breathtaking." ―Claudia RankineFelix the Rat's hind feetcould be Barbie hands― same pink, same injection-molded seaming.―from "Electronica"The poems in Barter, Monica Youn's exciting first collection, negotiate transactions …

*Winner of the William Carlos Williams Award**National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist**Included in The New York Times Best Poetry of 2016**Named one of The Washington Post's Best Poetry Collections of 2016** Longlisted for the National Book Award*“Blackacre” is a centuries-old legal fiction―a placeholder name for …