Skinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh - English/Spanish edition Author|John Barnett

Skinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh - English/Spanish edition Author|John BarnettSkinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh is the exhibition catalog that accompanies Rubn Ulises Rodrguez Montoya's first solo museum exhibition, which took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa). Skinchangers weaves the story of a vampire forced to reconstitute its body from space debris following the destruction of the last spaceship leaving an apocalypse ravaged Earth. Sculpted from detritus and discarded materials scavenged from the US

We must all re-arm our immune systems now and consider preemptive use

and lyric poetry

I found myself each day looking forward to what new revelations these finely crafted gems of poems would offer up

and you're only five years old

and what it means to be human

leaves a gasp of breath / to name the moment when the inhale / isn't enough

and speaking

discouraging and unrealistic term "anti-aging")—and in 2019

and many more

The book is made with thick

and listening to each other's stories has helped to rebuild community in a time when self-worth and belonging is at an all-time low

and in poem after poem we feel the currents of gratitude that are central to her work