Brandon Shimoda
When someone
breaks down
Everyone leans into
someone breaking
down
And touches
that one
It can go on
– Brandon Shimoda ‘The Desert’ (The Song Cave: New York, 2018), p. 129.
Bhanu Kapil
What did Ban do that outweighed art? What kind of art did she produce?
Returning to the U.S., I lay down in the mud, removing my clothes and exposing my body with its waist and hips and suitcase of limbs.
– Bhanu Kapil ‘Ban en Banlieue’ (Nightboat Books: New York, 2015), p. 35