Downverse

by Nikki Reimer

In this quick-witted collection of poems, Nikki Reimer mines the language of new media - hashtags, YouTube comments, Twitter updates - to defamiliarize the very substance of modern life: the constellation of media-enforced ideals that barrage our newsfeeds, daily commutes to #work, and (mostly online) excursions to the (Apple) store. #nuffsaid DOWNVERSE soothes the oversaturated reader. A natural translator, Reimer writes for anyone who has felt overwhelmed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088922854X
• ISBN13: 9780889228542
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 8.4"