{"product_id":"nmlct-poems-paperback-1","title":"Nmlct: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Vermeersch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry that explores our \"post-truth\" society, NMLCT holds up a mirror not only to nature, but also to its unnatural distortions and facsimiles. Imagine \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e retold by the reanimated cyborg bodies of the Brothers Grimm.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Paul Vermeersch has become more daring and emphatic with every poetry collection, and this book is a blistering mourner's lament: audacious, brutal, compassionate, and darkly ecstatic. 'What on earth, ' he asks, 'has happened here, and when? Who is the astronaut and who is the ape?'\" -- Stuart Ross, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Grief and Hamburgers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Is a Sky in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFables and fairy tales collide with virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and monstrous myths in a world where no one knows what to believe. In his eighth book of poems, Paul Vermeersch responds to the increasing difficulty of knowing what is real and what isn't, what is our genuine experience and what is constructed for us by The Algorithm. In a \"post-truth\" society rife with simulations, misinformation, and computer-generated hallucinations, these poems explore the relationship between the synthetic and the authentic as they raise hope for the possibility of escape from MCHNCT (Machine City) to NMLCT (Animal City), where the promise of \"real life\" still exists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll precisely 16 lines long -- identically formed as though mass-produced -- these poems are themselves artificial creations, products of the imagination, sometimes disorienting but always vivid. In \u003ci\u003eNMLCT\u003c\/i\u003e, Vermeersch gives us his answer to an existence in thrall to the artificial. But it also foretells a different future, one where the air and the grass and the trees, and all the life they engender, might always be genuine and sensed and safe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Vermeersch\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, multimedia artist, and literary editor. His last book of poetry was \u003ci\u003eShared Universe: New and Selected Poems 1995-2020\u003c\/i\u003e. A professor of creative writing and publishing at Sheridan College, he also edits his own imprint, Buckrider Books, for Wolsak \u0026amp; Wynn Publishers. He lives in Toronto, ON.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353843384569,"sku":"9781770418356","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/noyj1a8VRh9781770418356_9d785739-ae22-4b2e-ab1d-1c19157fe9d3.webp?v=1769828652","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nmlct-poems-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}