{"product_id":"polycene-russell-e-willis-9798385285631","title":"Polycene: Poetry of Our Age","description":"In late 2025, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Thomas L. Friedman described a new era--the Polycene--characterized by the increasingly complex interplay of powerful forces: AI, climate change, global economics, and geopolitics. These forces accelerate within a highly interconnected system, demanding that humanity address complexity at a planetary scale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAI and the Crisis of Control\u003c\/i\u003e (2026), Russell E. Willis explored the consequences of artificial intelligence on this transformation, providing a framework for how leaders can reclaim responsibility in the Polycene era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, in \u003ci\u003ePolycene: Poetry of Our Age\u003c\/i\u003e, Willis examines this emerging age from within--in ordinary moments: a scattering of birds, a drying reservoir, a remembered storm. Landscapes shift. Language strains. Systems of power and patterns of belonging reveal themselves in fragments: wind, water, memory, migration, and the quiet weight of human choice. What emerges is a portrait of an age shaped not by a single force, but by many--each amplifying the others, an age lived as background noise until it becomes impossible to ignore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written across years of quiet attention, the poems of \u003ci\u003ePolycene\u003c\/i\u003e gather what argument and analysis cannot fully reach. They do not explain these forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e They listen to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell E. Willis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798385285631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d","brand":"Russell E. Willis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001955328255,"sku":"9798385285631","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polycene-russell-e-willis-9798385285631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}