{"product_id":"9781776711697-dear-alter","title":"Dear Alter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first poetry collection full of telenoid daydreamsand androids in the bureaucracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was born thisway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was made to besoft and pleasant to touch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt’s thesilicone. Father is considering\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003epolyvinylchloride for my future siblings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebecause it’scheaper. I hope you understand\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehow special thatmakes me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWere you bornthis way too?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour body is notsmooth but it is warm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs it natural to grow up?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre you growing down?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere will I grow up to?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56732803924342,"sku":"9781776711697","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37781603.jpg?v=1764061118","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781776711697-dear-alter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}