{"product_id":"some-figs","title":"Some Figs","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnita Barrows\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947 and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1966. Among her awards in poetry have been grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ragdale Foundation, the Centrum Foundation, and the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, and publications by \u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly Review of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and the Riverstone Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer three poetry chapbooks from The Quelquefois Press in Berkeley are housed, among other places, in the University of California Library (Berkeley and Santa Cruz), the British Museum, and libraries in Baghdad and Kabul. She has had four previous books published by Kelsay Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAnita Barrows and Joanna Macy have collaborated on four translations of the work from the German of Rainer Maria Rilke, including \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eLetters to a Young Poet,\u003c\/i\u003e and Barrows’ novel \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Language of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e was published by She Writes Press in 2022. She has also done translations since 1972 of novels, poetry, plays, and nonfiction from French and Italian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBarrows holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is Institute Professor of Psychology at the Wright Institute, Berkeley. She maintains a private clinical practice in Berkeley and is a mother and grandmother and companion to a household of dogs, cats, and birds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 80 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (August 15, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026017108167,"sku":"dnh1787287000664","price":12.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/7923\/3735\/files\/some-figs_1.jpg?v=1787287006","url":"https:\/\/nextstylefashion.shop\/products\/some-figs","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}