Breakpoint

An award-winning collection of poetry that exquisitely blends technology and the Asian-American experience in what poet Colleen J. McElroy calls "an evocative mixture of sensual experiences, and mathematically infused linguistic patterns." Elizabeth (Betsy) Aoki is a poet, fiction writer, and video game producer. Her first book, Breakpoint, is a 2019 National Poetry Series Finalist and winner of Tebot Bach's Patricia Bibby First Book Award. Its signature poem, "Slouching like a velvet rope" won the 2021 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, selected by Jericho Brown. Entrepreneur and Author Elisa Camahort Page calls Breakpoint "a unique techno-literary work" and continues, "Like the very best code, Breakpoint is also both clean and beautiful, with no word or command wasted." Poetry. Asian & American Studies. Technology.