Cathy Park HongPoetry · Literary Fiction·b. 1976
Engine Empire
Synopsis
Engine Empire is a trilogy of lyric and narrative poems that explores the myth of prosperity through three distinct yet interconnected sequences. The first sequence draws inspiration from the Old West, following outlaw fortune seekers in a California mining town. The second sequence is set in an industrialized boomtown inspired by present-day Shenzhen, China. The final section, set in the far future, tracks how individual consciousness fragments when all information becomes accessible data.
How it reads
Prose complexity 10/10