{"product_id":"_utoplrm","title":"The Utopia of the Sealed Sphere, by Laura Renata Martin","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProse poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Utopia of the Sealed Sphere\u003c\/em\u003e is a poem\/essay that explores new parenthood during the early days of pandemic lockdown. In the midst of a world that is rapidly shutting down, Martin interrogates the claustrophobia of the nuclear family, the impact of neoliberal attacks on socialized care, and “bad metaphors\" for familial self sufficiency. Reflecting on the experiences of gestation and nursing as forms of enmeshment, she expresses longing for collective responses to childrearing and forms of life that embrace entanglements and ties.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe text traces a line through various scientific and political projects invested in self containment: the Biosphere project; closed ecosystems; space colonies; Buckmister Fuller’s “Spaceship Earth”; and the cybernetic quest for a perpetual motion machine. Tying these efforts to neoliberal austerity agendas and the ideology of the nuclear family, Martin hopes for a collective escape from the isolation of parenting in late capitalism.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso touched on are Jeff Bezos, shrimp orbs, entropy, and online shopping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaura Renata Martin is a writer and community college History professor. She has published writing in \u003cem\u003eHot Pink Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlind Field Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLIES\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRadical History Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Her chapbook, \u003cem\u003eEnemies\/Enemigos\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Commune Editions in 2017. She also co-hosts a podcast called \u003cem\u003eOffice Hours\u003c\/em\u003e about the politics of higher education in the end times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Renata Martin","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":44554835067195,"sku":"_UTOPLRM","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":44554835165499,"sku":"_UTOPLRMe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/utopiafront.png?v=1678826223","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/_utoplrm","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}