{"product_id":"dear-alter","title":"Dear Alter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA first poetry collection full of telenoid daydreams and androids in the bureaucracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was born this way.\u003cbr\u003eI was made to be soft and pleasant to touch.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s the silicone. Father is considering\u003cbr\u003epolyvinyl chloride for my future siblings\u003cbr\u003ebecause it’s cheaper. I hope you understand\u003cbr\u003ehow special that makes me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWere you born this way too?\u003cbr\u003eYour body is not smooth but it is warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring the ambiguities, paradoxes and kinships between human and machine in this first poetry collection, Jiaqiao Liu conjures passionate robots and open-source body hacking, password managers and fuzzy moon rovers, missed communications and learned sensations. Drawing on Chinese mythologies and experiments in form, Liu pulls us into a world that feels familiar to twenty-first-century cybercitizens, yet is new and strange to inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs it natural to grow up?\u003cbr\u003eAre you growing down?\u003cbr\u003eWhere will I grow up to?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upstart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986390864095,"sku":"9781776711697","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781776711697.jpg?v=1747446329","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/dear-alter","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}