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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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612-822-4611
Insert Coin

Insert Coin

Zelesnick, Joshua

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $22.99

ISBN13: 9798888388341
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Published: Jan 10 2025
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In Insert Coin the reckless project of American capitalism and imperialism is felt through four characters-a contestant, a drone operator, a monster, and a prisoner-who interact in a world of game shows, chain-of-command killing, and confusion around the virtual and the real. Through video games, fantasy, and drone warfare by joystick, the book chronicles dissociation and denial as well as a soul longing for meaning in a world whose absurd violence and demand for profit feels simulated but is all too real. Insert Coin launches an experimental syntax with strict formal constraints, such as a 6-syllable line by 8-line stanza sequence to suggest the unbearable dimensions of a solitary confinement cell. In these poems, a civilization that can only imagine destruction asks, how do I get to the next level?

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