“Barot’s Want is dexterous and thrilling, and his capacious and generous vision shows us how the eye survives ‘to correct the heart.’”—Michael Collier“In Rick Barot’s hands every poem casts at least t
“A very American book, and an important one for our time.” —CATE MARVINFor almost twenty years, Rick Barot has been writing some of the most stunningly crafted lyric poems in America, paying careful,
Winner of the 2001 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry."Barot’s mature linguistic skills really come down to a metaphorical and musical intelligence that refuses to value one element over another, that
