{"product_id":"yarberry-s-the-robertpb","title":"[11\/17\/26] Yarberry, S.: The Robert Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep Vellum, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 17, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA speculative poetic history reimagining Robert Blake, the brother of the poet William Blake, as a trans man in the eighteen century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlending deeply researched historical details with the author's personal experiences, \u003cem\u003eThe Robert Poems \u003c\/em\u003eplayfully and critically imagines a trans literary archive during a period in which transness, as we know it today, is not always readily visible. Robert Blake was a ghostly figure that often visited his brother, William, after Robert's untimely death at the age of twenty-five--the same age S. Yarberry was when they began their medical transition. This happenstance of transitions, medical and metaphysical, drove Yarberry through a series of poetic explorations culminating in a collection with one question beating at its heart: what if trans history could be built on abundance, rather than scarcity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Jordy Rosenberg's \u003cem\u003eConfessions of the Fox \u003c\/em\u003eand Ruth Padel's \u003ci\u003eDarwin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Robert Poems \u003c\/em\u003eprovides a lush landscape for Robert to thrive within, offering a new wellspring for trans pasts and a springboard from which to imagine inventive, expansive trans futures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118186389527,"sku":"9781646054503","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71XXI9u2MRL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781992807","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/yarberry-s-the-robertpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}