{"product_id":"bye-bye-land-paperback","title":"Bye-Bye Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Barter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Isabella Gardner Poetry Award-winning book-length poem is a medley of voices in dialogue with each other--overheard, remembered, and internal--that represents a mind at work as it considers the destructiveness of human nature, the hypocrisy and artifice of the American dream. Voices from personal conversations, political speeches, Guantanamo detainees, news reports, and famous poets fill these pages, ultimately capturing a world of disrupted beauty and unrealized potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Barter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eIn Someone Else's House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Singers I Prefer\u003c\/i\u003e. Living in Bar Harbor, ME, he is the centennial Poet Laureate of Acadia National Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Barter's first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Singers I Prefer\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize, and his second collection, \u003ci\u003eIn Someone Else's House\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of a 2014 Maine Literary Award. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, Georgia Review, North American Review, The American Scholar, \u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines, and has been featured on \u003ci\u003ePoetry Daily, Verse Daily, The PBS Newshour, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Writer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received residency fellowships from Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony, and he was a Hodder Fellow in Creative Writing at Princeton University. He is a supervisor of the trail crew at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine, where he is currently serving as Poet Laureate of Acadia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760101261600,"sku":"9781942683353","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/835172004973dc70c8d61c94d731872d.webp?v=1780171652","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bye-bye-land-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}