{"product_id":"infinity-pool-paperback","title":"Infinity Pool - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Thirkield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving through the realms of digital technologies, these poems cut to the core of our physical human experiences amid a virtually mediated world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Diving through illusions and phantoms of virtual realms and into the human desire for boundless possibility, \u003ci\u003eInfinity Pool \u003c\/i\u003echarts the ways technologies have become embedded in our minds, bodies, and lives. Immersed in a world of data streams, neural nets, spider algorithms, and electronic terminals, Jonathan Thirkield's poems plumb the dissonances and shrinking distances between ourselves and digital technologies, imagining what becomes of the fragile machinery of the human body amid a rapidly transforming world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirkield turns to language as a mediator and explores infinity as a mathematical concept, a multiverse conceit, and a driver of the computational imagination. Traveling across the full spectrum of digital experience--from satellites crossing the edges of our solar system to microscopic bytes that operate beneath our perception--this collection is a testament to the future we imagine ourselves to be living through and to what happens when our escapist desires give way to the realities of birth, loss, parenthood, and sickness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through lyrical, narrative, and formal mutations, these poems cut through a decade of exponential technological growth, landing in the reality of our corporeal experiences: the isolation of chronic illness, the daunting journeys of children growing up today, and the hope that we can remain connected to each other no matter how tenuous the ties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Thirkield \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet and digital artist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waker's Corridor\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2008 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. His poems have appeared in\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. He teaches computational media and digital arts at Parsons, The New School, and Columbia University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457097089202,"sku":"9780226834771","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f235282e1f318ea23f5bb6f13a3f47cf.jpg?v=1778876410","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/infinity-pool-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}