Overview
Marian Ffarmer is a world-renowned poet and a legend in the makingābut only now, at 75 years old, is she beginning to believe in the security of her successes. Unfortunately, a poetās accomplishments donāt necessarily translate to capital, and as her adult son struggles to buy his first home, her confidence in her choices begins to fray. Marianās pristine life of mindāfor which sheās sacrificed nearly all personal relationships, from romance to friendship to motherhoodāhas come at a cost.
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Then comes a cryptic invitation from the Tech Company. Come to California, the invitation beckons, and write with a machine. The Companyās lucrative offerāfor Marian to co-author a poem in a āhistoric partnershipā with their cutting-edge poetry bot, named Charlotteāchafes at everything she believes about artmaking as an individual pursuit . . . yet, itās a second chance she canāt resist. And so to California she goes, a sell-out and a skeptic, for an encounter that will unsettle her life, her work and even her understanding of kinship.
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Both a love letter to and interrogation of the nature of language, art, labor, capital, family, and community, Do You Remember Being Born? is Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Sean Michaelsās empathetic response to some of the most disquieting questions of our timeāa defiant and joyful recognition that if weāre to survive meaningfully at all, creative legacy is to be reimagined and belonging to oneās art must mean, above all else, belonging to the world.
This book title, Do You Remember Being Born? (A Novel), ISBN: 9781662602320, by Sean Michaels, published by Astra Publishing House (September 5, 2023) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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