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Here as in both his previous books, Barot's lines ask that we read them slowly, that we ask how he came to write them, how he can \"keep distressing the canvas\/ of the personal\"....[A] poet we can trust.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"These poems are entranced by the intricacies of the mind, the mystery of its remarkable durability and frailty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also involves a subtle yet consistent consideration of (white, male, heteronormative) cultural privilege and colonialism.... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings us into a nuanced understanding of how we construct the world with our minds: \"You don't have to understand it \/ but you will carry it anyway.'\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book and Rick Barot a poet to recommend to all readers.... Rick Barot's poems are scrupulous and patient; his language is accessible and precise, creating vivid imagery and syntax that is supple and incisive, initiating the reader into thoughtful meditation as well as tender and fierce questioning.... Here is a poet who revels in all the potential around him, searching for, questioning, and finding meaning through astute observation and a facility with reading the world. Barot excels in rendering associative leaps--bringing together the personal and historical, the banal and sublime--with a precision that might be a stretch for poets less fastidious and patient. In Barot's hands, these distances become tensile strength, with smart and surprising juxtaposition....These poems deliver, ringing notes that linger and sing.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrigin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e perhaps? A book called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Rain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e? 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