{"product_id":"fast-poems-isbn-9780062663481","title":"Fast: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first new collection of poetry in five years from Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Graham’s great body of work has more of life and of the world than that of almost any other poet now writing. . . . She is to post-1980 poetry what Bob Dylan is to post-1960 rock: she changed her art form, moved it forward, made it able to absorb and express more than it could before. It permanently bears her mark.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first new collection in five years—her most exhilarating, personal, and formally inventive to date—Graham explores the limits of the human and the uneasy seductions of the post-human. Conjuring an array of voices and perspectives—from bots, to the holy shroud, to the ocean floor, to a medium transmitting from beyond the grave—these poems give urgent form to the ever-increasing pace of transformation of our planet and ourselves. As it navigates cyber life, 3D-printed “life,” life after death, biologically, chemically, and electronically modified life,\u003cem\u003e Fast\u003c\/em\u003e lights up the border of our new condition as individuals and as a species on the brink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA new collection of poetry from pulitzer prize winner Jorie Graham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first new collection in five years—her most exhilarating, personal, and formally inventive to date—Jorie Graham explores the limits of the human and the uneasy seductions of the post-human. Conjuring an array of voices and perspectives—from bots to the holy shroud, to the ocean floor, to a medium transmitting from beyond the grave—these poems give urgent form to the ever-increasing pace of transformation of our planet and ourselves. As it navigates cyber life; 3D printed “life”; life after death; and biologically, chemically, and electronically modified life, \u003cem\u003eFast\u003c\/em\u003e lights up the border of our new condition as individuals and as a species on the brink.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“In poems both complicated and inventive, [Graham] constructs and deconstructs her core ideas through multilayered words and phrasings, compelling readers to feel what it’s like to be human in a posthuman world...stunning.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating mosaic that explores what it means to live and die at a time when technology is redefining our existence......moving...[an] important book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Graham’s lush, pulsing lyrics sweep across unusually wide pages in her signature style of reach and embrace, her language surging with passion yet shaped with precision. Each of Graham’s poems is a daring voyage...leaving readers exhilarated and transformed.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fast is a great book about the nature of social life in the 21st century, a book in which past and future unfold in “every cell’’ across the vast space of a few words.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888462557413,"sku":"NP9780062663481","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062663481.jpg?v=1730229139","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/fast-poems-isbn-9780062663481","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}