William Lessard
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/face
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PUBLISHED BY Asterism
What does poetry mean in the age of artificial intelligence and the fracking of selfhood? Enter /FACE (KERNPUNKT Press, April 2026), the debut collection from underground poet and digital theorist William Lessard, featuring poems collaged from Google Patents of facial capture technology. Called “a devastating critique of digital surveillance, facial recognition, and monetization of online user data and identity through advertising” by JACKET2, the book includes work that has appeared in American Poetry Review, the Beloit Poetry Journal, the Southwest Review, Posit, and Action, Spectacle. At a time when basic human value is being questioned, /FACE is essential work that channels Warhol, Nancy Spero, and Don Mee Choi.
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