Description
Discover 'The Honeymoon Stage,' a debut poetry collection by rising star Oscar Schwartz, exploring the intricacies of virtual friendships. This brand new book, published by Giramondo Publishing in 2017, engages with the humor and simplicity found within the digital world's realities. Written over a five-year journey, the poems reflect authentic connections formed across vast distances, often between people who have never met. Schwartz's poignant verses bring to life the flattened syntax of the internet, capturing the awkwardness and surrealism of online interactions. With themes of shifting identities and blog-like intimacies, 'The Honeymoon Stage' invites readers to reevaluate modern communication and emotional experiences shaped by technology. Ideal for anyone interested in contemporary poetry, digital culture, or simply seeking a fresh perspective on relationships, this collection promises to resonate deeply. Each poem serves as a reminder of the human element behind our screens, crafting a unique space for reflection and connection. Dive into this captivating world where poetry and the internet intertwine. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925336399
Year: 2017
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
Description:
Debut collection by a
young poet whose simple, funny and deceptively naĂŻve poems engage with the virtual
realities of the internet.
The Honeymoon Stage is a collection of
poems written for friends on the internet over a five-year period. These
friends were spread across the globe, and most of them the poet had never met,
and will never know. Poetry was the method by which the correspondents felt
they could authenticate themselves to one another, despite their separation in
space, and their friendships being mediated through screens. The poems engage
with the flattened syntax of internet language, registering its awkwardness
while bringing human qualities to the centre of the exchange. They inhabit a
surreal world marked by shifting identities and video-clip encounters,
blog-like intimacies and strange scraps of information, discovering in this
reality new ways of thinking and feeling.
Oscar
Schwartz is a poet and researcher based in Darwin who is concerned
with the intersection between technology and culture.His
poetry has been published in Best
Australian Poems, the Age, Cordite and international journals.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925336399
Year: 2017
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
Description:
Debut collection by a
young poet whose simple, funny and deceptively naĂŻve poems engage with the virtual
realities of the internet.
The Honeymoon Stage is a collection of
poems written for friends on the internet over a five-year period. These
friends were spread across the globe, and most of them the poet had never met,
and will never know. Poetry was the method by which the correspondents felt
they could authenticate themselves to one another, despite their separation in
space, and their friendships being mediated through screens. The poems engage
with the flattened syntax of internet language, registering its awkwardness
while bringing human qualities to the centre of the exchange. They inhabit a
surreal world marked by shifting identities and video-clip encounters,
blog-like intimacies and strange scraps of information, discovering in this
reality new ways of thinking and feeling.
Oscar
Schwartz is a poet and researcher based in Darwin who is concerned
with the intersection between technology and culture.His
poetry has been published in Best
Australian Poems, the Age, Cordite and international journals.