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“That Swerve that Takes Me Somewhere Else”: An Interview with Rick Barot

“That Swerve that Takes Me Somewhere Else”: An Interview with Rick Barot

Rick Barot’s poems are assured, finely composed structures in which memory and emotion often take startling, deeply moving turns. He is the author of three books of poems, including The Darker Fall and Want. Rick was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now lives in Tacoma, Washington. He…