Chord

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Marc Notes: That art should once have been marked with this delicacy: always only one of each thing made, so that your poem has its one life on the sheet you have chosen for it, or the snapshot of the birthday party, everything in the room upended by the children's jubilation, survives only in the single defended piece of glass. Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, and received his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the author of The Darker Fall and Want and teaches at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College--; Provided by publisher.; Poems without flash or gimmick presenting an accurate reflection of our current cultural moment--; Provided by publisher. Brief Description: "That art should once have been marked with this delicacy: always only one of each thing made, so that your poem has its one life on the sheet you have chosen for it, or the snapshot of the birthday party, everything in the room upended by the children's jubilation, survives only in the single defended piece of glass. Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, and received his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the author of The Darker Fall and Want and teaches at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College"--Brief Description: "Poems without flash or gimmick presenting an accurate reflection of our current cultural moment"--Biographical Note: Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and received his MFA from the The Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He is the author of "The Darker Fall" and "Want" and teaches at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College."Review Quotes:""Chord" is the capstone of a provocative trilogy. We can only hope it becomes the tenor in a forthcoming quartet. Where might we travel next, stylistically and thematically, with Barot s speaker? The last poem is awash in beginnings, a glissando of the beginning of, the beginning of, the beginning of. A book called "Origin" perhaps? A book called "New Rain"? Whatever the title, know that I want it already."Lambda Literary"Publisher Marketing:"That art should once have been markedwith this delicacy: always only oneof each thing made, so that your poemhas its one life on the sheetyou have chosen for it, or the snapshotof the birthday party, everythingin the room upended by the children'sjubilation, survives onlyin the single defended piece of glass."Rick Barot was born in the Philippines, and received his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the author of "The Darker Fall" and "Want" and teaches at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 06/15/2015 (EAN 9781941411032, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Barot, Rick Rick Barot was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay. His first book, The Darker Fall, was the winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry published by Sarabande. In 2001, he received a poetry fellowship from the NEA. He currently teaches at Warren Wilson College and at Pacific Lutheran University.