Dear Alter

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ISBN: 9781776711697
Title: Dear Alter
Author: LIU JIAQIAO

I was born this
way.
I was made to be
soft and pleasant to touch.
It’s the
silicone. Father is considering
polyvinyl
chloride for my future siblings
because it’s
cheaper. I hope you understand
how special that
makes me.



Were you born
this way too?
Your body is not
smooth but it is warm.



Exploring 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.



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

Format: Trade Paper
Publication date: 10/07/2025
Pages: 116
Temporarily out of stock