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Publication
Farmington, Maine : Alice James Books, [2019]
Description
Soft Science explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grounds its exploration of questions not just of identity, but of consciousness-how to be tender and feeling and still survive a violent world filled with artificial intelligence and automation. We are dropped straight into the tangled intersections of technology, violence, erasure, agency, gender, and loneliness.
User reviews
LibraryThing member b.masonjudy
Soft Science is so goddamn seering! Choi's concept is high but she pulls off the interweaving of technology and scientific vocabulary with vulnerability and (as much as one can) raw all too human experiences.
LibraryThing member greeniezona
Very much an impulse selection at the library. It seemed dimly familiar, as if I'd heard of it somewhere, but I couldn't remember where. Once I opened it though, I was instantly in love.
Written from the point of view of a cyborg, these poems examine humanity, gender, intelligence, grief, sexuality,
Shockingly vulnerable, yet incredibly cerebral at the same time. All the stars.
Written from the point of view of a cyborg, these poems examine humanity, gender, intelligence, grief, sexuality,
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compassion, and more. I loved too many poems to call out favorites, was too moved to write clever critique. I kept this book out of the library WAY too long and racked up WAY too many fines and I will need to order my own copy to keep if this quarantine ever ends and I have to one day return it.Shockingly vulnerable, yet incredibly cerebral at the same time. All the stars.
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Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2020)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry — 2020)
Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Read (Longlist) — Poetry — 2020)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Adults (Top Ten Poetry Books — 2019)