Paris Review Staff Pick A Book Riot Must-Read Poetry Collection Soft Science explores queer; Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grounds its exploration of questions not just of identity; but of consciousness'how to be tender and feeling and still survive a violent world filled with artificial intelligence and automation. We are dropped straight into the tangled intersections of technology; violence; erasure; agency; gender; and loneliness. "Choi creates an exhilarating matrix of poetry; science; and technology." 'Publishers Weekly "Franny Choi combines technology and poetry to stunning effect." 'BUSTLE ''these beautiful; fractal-like poems are meditations on identity and autonomy and offer consciousness-expanding forays into topics like violence and gender; love and isolation.' 'NYLON