Not Us Now
by
Zoë HItzig
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
898890424Y
ISBN-13
9798988904243
Publisher
Changes
Imprint
Changes
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2024
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
322 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 23.00 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Biography, Literature and Literary studiesLiterature & literary studies
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Inhervertiginoussecondcollection,ZoëHitzigdeliversanastonishingactofventriloquyinreverse–speakingnotthroughthevoiceofasingular,lyric“I,”butthroughaconsciousnessthatseemstohaveamasseditselfoutofthedetritusofhumanlife.ThefutureworldofNotUsNowisrememberedinanevenfurtherfuture,wherelanguageisboththesurvivorandthecargoofanearthlywreckage.Crushedundertheweightofcollectionandstorage,whatremainsarethoserecordsofhumancuriosity,habit,andlongingwhichhaveincreasinglyformedtheinformationeconomiesofthepresent.Whatarewedoingtolanguageandourselvesasweextractmoreandmorematerialforquestionableoptimization?Whatwilltheappetiteofacontrolled,controllingpublicerodefromtheprivate?Acrossaseriesofelliptical,siren-likepoemsandsequences,Hitzigperformsanurgentlyricintervention,recoveringdefiancefromouraccumulatingraw-datafootprints.Withequalmeasuresofmethodandentropy,NotUsNowpresentsthechoruswearehurtlingtoward,ourownvoicesinthefutureissuingapleaforanewcourse.ZoëHitzigistheauthoroftwobooksofpoetry,Mezzanine(Ecco,2020)andNotUsNow,winneroftheChangesBookPrize(Changes,2024).ShecurrentlyservesaspoetryeditorofTheDrift.“Therewasnoneedtodreamit;IcouldfeelmyorganicmachinetakingineachofZoëHitzig’sremarkablepoems
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