{"product_id":"love-in-the-age-of-virtual-memory-paperback","title":"Love in the Age of Virtual Memory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura D. Weeks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove in the Age of Virtual Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a madcap romp through history, with a focus on the noises we encounter. These poems are always concerned with hearing - \"We live \/ in a house of sound\" - and we readers find ourselves at concerts and symphonies, as well as listening to the everyday din of our lives. The book opens with \"A cold spleen moves,\" letting us know we are on our way to reading poems filled with incredible imagery and language escapades. We follow the poet into \"the eye of the storm,\" meeting Beethoven and Bashō, Maria Callas and Marina Tsvetaeva, Kali and Isis, and traveling to Boston and Moscow, battlefields and a yellow writer's room, and Oregon and Washington. What emerges is a whirlwind of words and images that will leave readers both satiated and wanting more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Christine DeLay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skeleton Holding Up the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid I Mention There's Gambling and Body Parts?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrdinary Days in Ordinary Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove in the Age of Virtual Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Laura D. Weeks are both witty and haunting as she assures the reader, \"See, I have promises to break.\" Whatever the subject - the poet's father, the several poems about Beethoven, including the fate of a lock of his hair, or a tragedy like the bombing at the Boston marathon - the language is vivid and unexpected. \"The city shudders, \/ shakes its phantom limbs.\" An original read all the way through.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenelope Scambly Schott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Oregon Book Award winner and author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Dufur Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67850126197043,"sku":"9781639808373","price":38.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/16WeXsW4nU9781639808373.webp?v=1793505703","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/love-in-the-age-of-virtual-memory-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}