{"product_id":"dear-alter","title":"Dear Alter","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby Jiaqiao Liu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA first poetry collection full of telenoid daydreams and androids in the bureaucracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was born this way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was made to be soft and pleasant to touch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s the silicone. Father is considering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003epolyvinyl chloride for my future siblings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecause it’s cheaper. I hope you understand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehow special that makes me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWere you born this way too?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour body is not smooth but it is warm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it natural to grow up?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAre you growing down?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere will I grow up to?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJiaqiao Liu (they\/he) is a poet from Shandong, China, who grew up in Tāmaki Makaurau. Their writing has been included in journals including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebadapple\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOF ZOOS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as in anthologies such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eŌrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2017\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Auckland University Press, 2021). Jiaqiao has an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Alter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is their first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48897981874411,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0746\/4939\/files\/DealAlter.png?v=1781833606","url":"https:\/\/nowherebookstorenz.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-alter","provider":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}