{"product_id":"hey-marfa-jeffrey-yang-9781555978198","title":"Hey, Marfa: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary lyric and visual meditation on place, nature, and art rippling out from Marfa, Texas\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituated in the outreaches of southwest Texas, the town of Marfa has long been an oasis for artists, immigrants looking for work, and ranchers, while the ghosts of the indigenous and the borders between languages and nations are apparent everywhere. The poet and translator Jeffrey Yang experienced the vastness of desert, township, sky, and time itself as a profound clash of dislocation and familiarity. What does it mean to survive in a physical and metaphorical desert? How does a habitat long associated with wilderness and death become a center for nourishment and art? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of those experiences and questions, Yang has fashioned a fascinating, multifaceted work--an anti-travel guide, an anti-Western, a book of last words--that is a lyrical, anthropological investigation into history, culture, and extremity of place. Paintings and drawings of Marfa's landscapes and substations by the artist Rackstraw Downes intertwine with Yang's texts as mutual nodes and lines of energy. \u003ci\u003eHey, Marfa\u003c\/i\u003e is a desert diary scaled to music that aspires to emit particles of light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Yang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555978193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555978198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018 pg. 58","brand":"Jeffrey Yang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110722097407,"sku":"9781555978198","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ccd1e075-d8a0-447c-9484-876c75bbfb07.jpg?v=1725469578","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hey-marfa-jeffrey-yang-9781555978198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}