Dear Alter

A first poetry collection full of telenoid daydreamsand androids in the bureaucracy.

I was born thisway.
I was made to besoft and pleasant to touch.
It’s thesilicone. Father is considering
polyvinylchloride for my future siblings
because it’scheaper. I hope you understand
how special thatmakes me.

Were you bornthis way too?
Your body is notsmooth but it is warm.

Exploring the ambiguities, paradoxes and kinshipsbetween human and machine in this first poetry collection, Jiaqiao Liu conjurespassionate robots and open-source body hacking, password managers and fuzzymoon rovers, missed communications and learned sensations. Drawing on Chinesemythologies and experiments in form, Liu pulls us into a world that feelsfamiliar to twenty-first-century cybercitizens, yet is new and strange toinhabit.

Is it natural to grow up?
Are you growing down?
Where will I grow up to?

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