Love Algorithm
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Eyewear Publishing
Published:30th Sep '21
Should be back in stock very soon
In Love Algorithm, a tender touch of lyric love fuses with the
harshness of profit-driven motivations to sharpen our
appreciation of the digital age. Loss of an authentic self is never
far away but neither is hope for the discovery of a new kind of
fellowship. As the scenes shift from London to Paris to Shanghai,
the poems intensify the global connections that make love a
constant riddle for all mankind.
Cay’s view in Love Algorithm is that, like it or lump it, poetry must recognise the part that internet interactions and transactions play in relationships. Such narratives “do not follow scheduled / serendipity. When they break up / there are not suitcases by the door: / just a switch flicked on an invisible wall” (‘Digital Loves’)...She has an eye for odd, intimate moments (“I love brushing my teeth with you”), and for arresting phrases: “You rolled down the car window / poked your head out like a Labrador” (‘Journeyings’)...This collection took me by surprise. There is a freshness and high-spirited openness to Eleni Cay’s poetry that I found engaging. This exhilarating collection should appeal both to the young, and to the young at heart. -
-- Greg Freeman, * Write Out LoISBN: 9781913606015
Dimensions: 225mm x 150mm x 5mm
Weight: 115g
60 pages