{"product_id":"21c-human-poetry-and-essays","title":"21C HUMAN: Poetry and Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e21C Human is a collection of poetry and essays detailing the millennial perspective in three parts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The epistemological problem television created was not that it gave us entertainment, but that all subject matter, no matter how serious, is presented as entertainment. In the 21C, social media has amplified this through the encouragement of performative self-exposure – now we can be the stars of our own channels, performing our lives for others as entertainers. First, we watched the circus, now we are the clowns.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(excerpt from The Medium is the Master)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 reflects on western political culture, including how social media is affecting democracy, on climate anxiety, on our disillusionment with populist politicians, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when work no longer pays\u003cbr\u003eand we cannot buy our homes\u003cbr\u003eour whole culture of possession\u003cbr\u003ewill crumble into the unknown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(excerpt from The False Messiah)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 2 delves into a woman’s experience of navigating constantly contradicting expectations in the public and private sphere, including verse about domestic and emotional labour, and essays including ‘Why I probably won’t get married’ and ‘Why I don’t want children’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf more fathers acted like parents, more women would choose to be mothers.\u003cbr\u003e(excerpt from Why I don’t want children)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 3 journeys through the depths of a pandemic-induced depression culminating in a turn towards existentialism and rebellion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst came the exile, the sudden partition, depriving us of human touch\u003cbr\u003eSecond, the world became a distortion, still physically there, as a mirage\u003cbr\u003eThe spaces exist, but I cannot return. The external does not resemble itself\u003cbr\u003eI’ve sunk into deep, ambiguous loss, slowly collapsing in on myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(excerpt from The plague (month 14 of the pandemic))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Essays \u0026amp; Correspondence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independently published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798388871336\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hades, Arch","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £4.84","offer_id":48017421566129,"sku":"SB-9798388871336-C3","price":4.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/9798388871336.jpg?v=1791755800","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/21c-human-poetry-and-essays","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}