{"product_id":"human-resources-poems-9781571315182","title":"Human Resources: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Max Ritvo Poetry\u003cbr\u003ePrize, Ryann Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eHuman Resources\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea sobering and\u003cbr\u003eperceptive portrait of technology's impact on connection and power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Resources \u003c\/i\u003efollows\u003cbr\u003ea woman working in the male-dominated world of AI, designing women that don't\u003cbr\u003eexist. In discerning verse, she workshops the\u003cbr\u003efacial characteristics of a floating head named \"Nia,\" who her boss calls \"his\u003cbr\u003etype\"; she loses hours researching \"June,\" an oddly sexualized artificially\u003cbr\u003eintelligent oven; and she spends a whole day \"trying to break\" a female\u003cbr\u003eself-improvement bot. The\u003cbr\u003espeaker of Stevenson's poems grapples with uneasiness and isolation, even as\u003cbr\u003eshe endeavors to solve for these problems in her daily work. She attempts to\u003cbr\u003eharness control by eating clean, doing yoga, and searching for age-defying skin\u003cbr\u003ecare, though she dreams \"about the department \/ that women get reassigned to\u003cbr\u003eafter they file \/ harassment complaints.\" With sharp, lyrical intelligence, she\u003cbr\u003eimagines alternative realities where women exist not for the whims of men but\u003cbr\u003efor their own--where they become literal skyscrapers, towering over a world that\u003cbr\u003enever appreciated them.Chilling and lucid, \u003ci\u003eHuman\u003cbr\u003eResources \u003c\/i\u003echallenges the minds programming our present and future to consider\u003cbr\u003ewhat serves the collective good. Something perhaps more thoughtful and human, \u003cbr\u003eStevenson writes: \"I want to say \u003ci\u003ebetter\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyann Stevenson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eHuman Resources\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHer poems have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Adroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Letters \u0026amp; Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBennington Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColumbia Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLinebreak\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She lives in Oakland, California. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485814001938,"sku":"9781571315182","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9fcb2590-10ce-4227-b7da-efafc64d74ca.jpg?v=1737211634","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/human-resources-poems-9781571315182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}